Smitherman C H
J Pediatr Health Care. 1994 May-Jun;8(3):121-6. doi: 10.1016/0891-5245(94)90081-7.
The estimate is that thousands of infants are born each year with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) or fetal alcohol effect (FAE). The nursing literature has frequently treated FAS/FAE as something that happens only to infants; the effects of FAS/FAE do not end during infancy but persist into childhood, adolescence, and throughout adulthood. It is possible that many children and adolescents who have FAS or FAE are frequently seen by health care professionals for various reasons, but the fact that they have FAS/FAE may not be recognized. As a result, these children and their caretakers may not receive the care and counseling they need. This article describes how FAS/FAE occurs; how it may be recognized; the potentially devastating effects it can have on children, adolescents, and their caretakers; and how FAS/FAE can be prevented.
据估计，每年有数千名婴儿出生时患有胎儿酒精综合征（FAS）或胎儿酒精影响（FAE）。护理文献常常将FAS/FAE视为仅发生在婴儿身上的情况；FAS/FAE的影响并非在婴儿期结束，而是会持续到儿童期、青少年期乃至成年期。许多患有FAS或FAE的儿童和青少年可能因各种原因经常被医护人员诊治，但他们患有FAS/FAE这一事实可能未被识别。因此，这些儿童及其照料者可能无法获得他们所需的护理和咨询。本文描述了FAS/FAE是如何发生的；如何识别它；它可能对儿童、青少年及其照料者产生的潜在毁灭性影响；以及如何预防FAS/FAE。
