Urine Drug Screening in Mothers and Newborns

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• A retrospective analysis of comprehensive urine drug screening was performed during a 13-month period on specimens submitted from the Neonatal Nursery and Obstetrics/Gynecology wards at San Francisco (Calif) General Hospital (mothers, N = 601; newborns, N =339). Of mothers and newborns, respectively, 19.2% and 15.3% of all admissions during this period were screened; 68.2% and 63.1% of urine samples submitted were positive for any drug; 38.8% and 21.1% of screens were positive for more than one drug; and 45.8% and 41.6% were positive for cocaine. In mother-newborn pairs (N = 191) where urine samples were submitted within 4 days of each other, an 84% concordance was shown for cocaine and 67% for methadone, but concordance was much less for other drugs (AJDC. 1989;143:791-793)

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