Kelley S J, Walsh J H, Thompson K
Pediatr Nurs. 1991 Mar-Apr;17(2):130-6.
Thirty children exposed prenatally to maternal use of cocaine were compared to 30 nonexposed subjects on maternal variables, birth outcomes, health problems in early childhood, and issues related to child maltreatment. Cocaine-exposed infants were more likely to have mothers who received inadequate prenatal care, have adverse birth outcomes including prematurity and retarded intrauterine growth, and have health problems beyond the newborn period including small stature and hypertonia. More cocaine-exposed children were placed in foster homes due to maternal neglect.
将30名产前暴露于母亲使用可卡因环境中的儿童与30名未暴露的儿童在母亲变量、出生结局、幼儿期健康问题以及与儿童虐待相关的问题方面进行了比较。暴露于可卡因环境中的婴儿更有可能其母亲接受的产前护理不足，出现包括早产和子宫内生长迟缓在内的不良出生结局，并且在新生儿期之后还存在健康问题，如身材矮小和张力亢进。由于母亲的疏忽，更多暴露于可卡因环境中的儿童被安置在寄养家庭中。
