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The effect of cocaine abuse on birth weight and gestational age

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Chouteau, M; Namerow, PB; Leppert, P
Published in: Obstetrics and Gynecology
1988

A retrospective study of 343 women who lacked prenatal care was conducted to ascertain the effect of recent cocaine abuse on birth weight and gestational age. All pregnant women admitted in labor to a large urban teaching hospital between January 1 and December 31, 1986 who had not received prenatal care were included. The charts of these women were evaluated to obtain information about medical and obstetric complications of pregnancy, labor and delivery, and birth weight and gestational age of the infant. Information about drug use was obtained by urine toxicology at the time of admission. Results of ordinary least-squares multiple regression analyses indicated cocaine abuse to be a significant predictor of low birth weight and early gestational age. No correlation was found between cocaine abuse and abruptio placentae or maternal hypertension.

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Obstetrics and Gynecology

Publication Date

1988

Volume

72

Issue

3 I

Start / End Page

351 / 354

Related Subject Headings

  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
 

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Chouteau, M., Namerow, P. B., & Leppert, P. (1988). The effect of cocaine abuse on birth weight and gestational age. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 72(3 I), 351–354.
Chouteau, M., P. B. Namerow, and P. Leppert. “The effect of cocaine abuse on birth weight and gestational age.” Obstetrics and Gynecology 72, no. 3 I (1988): 351–54.
Chouteau M, Namerow PB, Leppert P. The effect of cocaine abuse on birth weight and gestational age. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 1988;72(3 I):351–4.
Chouteau, M., et al. “The effect of cocaine abuse on birth weight and gestational age.” Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 72, no. 3 I, 1988, pp. 351–54.
Chouteau M, Namerow PB, Leppert P. The effect of cocaine abuse on birth weight and gestational age. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 1988;72(3 I):351–354.

Published In

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Publication Date

1988

Volume

72

Issue

3 I

Start / End Page

351 / 354

Related Subject Headings

  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine