Although clinicians have traditionally used the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool to assess the severity of neonatal opioid withdrawal, a newer function-based approach — the Eat, Sleep, ...

Rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome surged in recent years, but a newer approach to caring for newborn babies exposed to opioids during pregnancy gets them out of the hospital sooner and with less ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Opioids are touching every segment of New Mexico’s population, including expectant mothers. “When an individual uses opiates, which could be fentanyl, heroin, or other substances, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome is often assessed with the 50-year-old Finnegan scoring tool. Researchers ...

According to Stanford Children's Health, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome is a term for a group of problems a baby experiences when withdrawing from exposure to narcotics. St. Vincent Healthcare says they ...

In the Family Center at Exeter Hospital, nurse Sue Fifield is doing a job she loves — one that makes her feel like a stand-in mom, or an ideal mother’s helper.

Researchers have found the “Eat, Sleep, Console” (ESC) care approach to be more effective than using the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool (FNAST) to assess and manage opioid-exposed newborns, ...