Transfer Timing and the Length of Medication Weaning for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome.

Objective: Many infants with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) from prenatal exposure to opioids require transfer to a pediatric inpatient unit for medication weaning. The purpose of this study is to assess the difference in the duration of medication weaning between infants transferred by day of life (DOL) 14 versus later (DOL 15 and after) to a tertiary care setting for pharmacological and nonpharmacological management of NOWS.

Methods: This single-site retrospective cohort study uses medical chart data from infants with NOWS transferred to specialized care between May 2016 and June 2021 (n = 87).

Fear of COVID-19 is associated with trust, subjective numeracy, and differentially with loneliness in older versus younger adults.

Introduction: The emotional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health emergency are only beginning to be understood.

Methods: We assessed the contributions of emotional and cognitive factors and age-related comorbidities to greater COVID-19 fear in a community dwelling sample of 142 younger (M = 19.63, SD = 2.