National Epidemic of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
In this grand rounds presentation, Dina El-Metwally, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at University of Maryland School of Medicine, debates the expanding problem of illicit drug use and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) nationwide. She discusses the drawbacks in NAS screening and scoring systems, as well as how to identify pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic intervention for patients.