"Association between Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Congenital Anomal" by Parth Bhatt, Cecilia Ampem-Darko et al.
 

Association between Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Congenital Anomalies in the United States.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2024

Publication Title

American journal of perinatology

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Studies exploring the relationship between neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and congenital anomalies (CA) in the United States are limited given the small sample size or data prior to the opioid epidemic. We aimed to determine if there is an association between NAS and CA in a nationally representative cohort of newborn hospitalization in the United States.

STUDY DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional analysis of NAS-related hospitalizations within the 2016 Kids Inpatient Database. International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10-CM) diagnostic codes were used to identify NAS hospitalizations and those with and without CA. The primary outcome was the odds of CAs in NAS hospitalizations. Multivariate survey logistic regression was used to analyze the relationship between NAS and CA.

RESULTS: Among 3.7 million newborn hospitalizations, 25,394 had NAS (6.7 per 1,000). The prevalence of any CA was higher in those with NAS when compared with non-NAS hospitalizations (10.3 vs. 4.9%; odds ratio = 2.27; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.13-2.43). Adjusted analysis showed similar results (adjusted odds ratio: = 1.83, CI: 1.71-1.95). NAS hospitalizations with CA had a higher mortality rate (0.6 vs 0.04%,

CONCLUSION: This nationwide study shows that NAS may be associated with increased odds of CAs, suggesting that NAS may be a risk factor for increased morbidity in the newborn period.

KEY POINTS: · 1 in 10 newborns with NAS had at least one congenital anomaly.. · NAS hospitalization with congenital anomalies had higher resource use and mortality.. · Pediatricians caring for newborns with NAS should have a high index of suspicion for birth defects..

Volume

41

Issue

S 01

First Page

e1023

Last Page

e1029

DOI

10.1055/s-0042-1759864

ISSN

1098-8785

PubMed ID

36572036

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