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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Medical Definition:	Fetal and neonatal addiction and withdrawal as a result of the mother's dependence on drugs during pregnancy. Withdrawal or abstinence symptoms develop shortly after birth. Symptoms exhibited are loud, high-pitched crying, sweating, yawning and gastrointestinal disturbances.
Guide Notes:	substance-withdrawal symptoms in inf born of an addicted mother; do not use /congen; coord IM with specific substance /adv eff (IM) + check tag INFANT, NEWBORN
Also Called:	Passive Addiction, Neonatal
Previously Indexed:	Infant, Newborn (1966-1987),Substance Withdrawal Syndrome (1966-1987)

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