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Database ID	427
Title	Pilot study of the WA register of buprenorphine use in pregnancy and lactation: maternal infant outcomes.
Description	This study is designed to determine the duration and dose of buprenorphine exposure for opioid dependent mothers and infants during pregnancy and six weeks postnatally, assess exposure to other opioids such as methadone, monitor the obstetric and neonatal effects of buprenorphine, compare the obstetric and neonatal outcomes with those of a similar study of methadone mothers, and ascertain health care utilisation and adverse effects for two years post delivery through record linkage.
Status	Ongoing
Researchers	D Hamilton Anne Bartu D Doherty K Martin Ken Ilett J Ludlow
Keywords	buprenorphine; treatment outcomes; pregnancy; neonates; infants; pharmacotherapy
Methodology	A prospective descriptive study.
Institution	King Edward Memorial Hospital
Collaborating institutions	Curtin University of Technology. School of Nursing and Midwifery Women and Infants Research Foundation Western Australia. Drug and Alcohol Office
Start Date	01-2004
Contact	Name  Anne Bartu Phone  08 9370 0333 Fax  08 9271 5055
Ethics Statement	Princess Margaret and King Edward Memorial Hospitals Ethics Committee
Indexed	Illicit drugs -> Heroin and narcotics (126) Demographic and social issues -> Age groups -> Children -> Infants -> Neonates (9) Family, peer groups etc. -> Family -> Parents -> Mothers (14) Health and medical -> Health services (208) Treatment -> Health services (208) Health and medical -> Pharmacotherapy -> Methadone (56) Treatment -> Pharmacotherapy -> Methadone (56) Health and medical -> Pharmacotherapy -> Narcotic antagonists -> Buprenorphine (22) Treatment -> Pharmacotherapy -> Narcotic antagonists -> Buprenorphine (22) Health and medical -> Reproduction -> Pregnancy (40) Treatment -> Treatment outcomes (71) Geographic regions -> Australia -> Western Australia (135)

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