Maternal Use of Methadone and Neonatal Thrombocytosis

摘要

Objectives:To identify the relationship between the maternal use of methadone and early neonatal thrombocytosis. Methods. All babies in our study were born at Princess Royal Maternity Hospital in Glasgow between 01/2006-01/2007 inclusive. FBC for both the study and the control groups were performed for different indications during the first week of life( jaundice, jitteriness, maternal prolonged rupture of membranes, maternal positive HVS for GBS, or maternal pyrexia). Only babies who were full term at delivery, with normal CRP(