Maternal opioid treatment after delivery and risk of adverse infant outcomes: population based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether maternal opioid treatment after delivery is associated with an increased risk of adverse infant outcomes.

Design

Population based cohort study.

Setting

Ontario, Canada.

Participants

865 691 mother-infant pairs discharged from hospital alive within seven days of delivery from 1 September 2012 to 31 March 2020. Each mother who filled an opioid prescription within seven days of discharge was propensity score matched to a mother who did not.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome was hospital readmission of infants for any reason within 30 days of their mother filling an opioid prescription (index date). Infant related secondary outcomes were any emergency department visit, hospital admission for all cause injury, admission to

SUBMITTER: Zipursky JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10015218 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature