abstinence syndrome
Americannoun
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“We have fostered children with various issues, including fetal alcohol syndrome, tracheomalacia, reactive attachment disorder, spina bifida, limb difference, prematurity, neonatal abstinence syndrome, and various developmental delays.”
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2020
Up until the last decade, neonatal abstinence syndrome was not a term many medical professionals were familiar with.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2019
Carbiener’s motivation as a physician and person is that she doesn’t want to see children with neonatal abstinence syndrome, or who are homeless with no food or safety.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2019
Trump was on her way to the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia to meet with families affected by neonatal abstinence syndrome.
From Fox News ● Oct. 17, 2018
Compared with other babies in the neonatal intensive-care unit, “for the most part, infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome are just not that sick.”
From New York Times ● May 9, 2018
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