lecture 5 Flashcards
supervised consumption sites benefits:
reduces overdose and physical harm, reduces community harm discarded needles, decreased healthcare costs, safety
supervised consumption sites drawbacks
fear of bringing criminal element into neighborhoods, message that use is acceptable
fentanyl test strips test:
unregulated drugs for the contamination of fentanyl and various analogs in powder and pill form
fentanyl test strips do not provide a:
quantity of fentanyl present in the substance
a negative result on a fentanyl test strop does not guarantee
substance is free from fentanyl or other synthetic opioids
neonatal abstinence syndrome:
passive exposure to a newborn from a neuroactive drug, when the infant is deprived of these substances a withdrawal syndrome may develop
which drug is most associated with NAS?
opiates/opioids
cost and average stay for hospital stay for newborn with NAS:
7,800 in 2020, 9 days compared to 2 days for other newborns
opioid use during pregnancy has a greater risk of these on baby:
low birthweight, respiratory problems, third trimester bleeding, toxemia and mortality
toxicology screening of newborns:
Urine, poop, hair
poop detects from which trimester?
2nd
hair detects from which trimester?
3rd, need 20-50 mgs
neurobehavioral dysregulation sensory processing:
hyper/hypo. visual auditory tactile
neurobehavioral dysregulation state control/attention
lability, staring, irritability, gaze aversion
neurobehavioral dysregulation autonomic control:
respiration, gastrointestinal, skin temp/color
neurobehavioral dysregulation motor and tone control:
tremors, seizures, coordination problems
the hallmark of neonatal withdrawal is a:
sticking disorder of movement or “jitteriness”, GI problems such as vomiting and food intolerance, rapid breathing nasal flaring due to breathing difficulties
autonomic over-reactivity:
yawning, sneezing, fever, excessive or continuous cry, tremor
excoriation:
rubs their chins, knees, elbows, nose and toes against blankets, sheets or clothing
cerebral irritation:
term used to describe perceived pain that a newborn experiences which is of unknown. hypertonic and irritability, difficulty nursing from a bottle or mother
which gender has been reported to have more severe NAS expression?
male infants
which infant has less severe expression?
preterm infants
NICU care may _____ NAS severity while maternal rooming-in can ____ it
increase; reduce
onset of withdrawal for methadone:
24-72 hours