Screening of substance use in pregnancy: A Danish cross-sectional study.

Nete Lundager Klokker RausgaardInge Olga IbsenPalle Bach Nielsen Fruekilde Ellen Aagaard Nohr Per Damkier Pernille Ravn

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2024)

Substance use among pregnant women consisted mainly of nicotine. Dipstick screening involved risks of false negatives and false positives. Except for alcohol intake and cannabis use, dipstick analyses did not seem to provide further information than self-reporting. LC-MS/MS analyses remain gold standard, and future role of dipstick screenings should be discussed.

Keyphrases

loop mediated isothermal amplification
smoking cessation
preterm birth
human health
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