Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy can result in a wide variety of adverse fetal outcomes, ranging from preterm delivery and low birth weight, to sudden infant death syndrome. In addition, in utero tobacco smoke exposure is associated with delayed or impaired neuropsychological development. Although the causative agent in tobacco smoke that leads to these aberrations is not known, some studies have concluded that nicotine may play an important role.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to determine if maternal smoking was associated with an increased need for partial exchange transfusion for symptomatic polycythemia in term neonates. The study population consisted of 8,961 term neonates, of whom 28.7% were categorized as babies born to mothers who smoked.
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