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Maternal prescribed opioid analgesic use during pregnancy and associations with adverse birth outcomes: A population-based study.

Ayesha C SujanPatrick D QuinnMartin E RickertKelsey Kathleen WiggsPaul LichtensteinHenrik LarssonCatarina AlmqvistAnna Sara ObergBrian M D'Onofrio
Published in: PLoS medicine (2019)
Our results suggested that observed associations between POA use during pregnancy and risk of PTB and SGA were largely due to unmeasured confounding factors, although we could not rule out small independent associations, particularly for persistent POA use during pregnancy.
Keyphrases
  • chronic pain
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • neuropathic pain
  • emergency department
  • gestational age
  • pregnant women
  • anti inflammatory
  • metabolic syndrome
  • body mass index
  • skeletal muscle
  • spinal cord