The use of illicit drugs during pregnancy among mothers of premature infants.

Background: Tobacco, alcohol and/or illicit drug use during pregnancy are risk factors for neonatal complications. In Puerto Rico, the Department of Health reports that 32% of pregnant women use alcohol and 3% use illicit drugs. Nineteen percent (19.

Rate of weight gain in very-low birth weight Puerto Rican neonates.

Background: Small for gestational age neonates have a higher risk of growth delay. The purpose of the study is to determine if there are differences in their early weight gain patterns that persist after adjusting for confounding variables.

Methods: Two-hundred sixteen neonates born between 1999 and 2003 were included.