Risk of adverse obstetrical and neonatal outcomes in women consuming recreational drugs during pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previously conducted studies have observed an increased risk of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes with prenatal exposure to cocaine and opioids. However, these studies used drug-free reference groups which did not efficiently control for confounders associated with polysubstance use in pregnancy. Thus, we conducted an observational study to compare the risk of adverse obstetrical and neonatal outcomes in women who consumed cocaine and/or opioids during pregnancy to women who consumed only cannabis in pregnancy.

Methods

This observational study was conducted with data collected from pregnant women followed for addiction from the beginning of their pregnancy until childbirth at the perinatal consultation center Addi-Vie at CHUV Lausanne, Switzerland. Women who

SUBMITTER: Kandhasamy S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12004786 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature