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dc.contributor.author | Savona-Ventura, Charles | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-20T08:28:53Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-20T08:28:53Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2004-08 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Savona-Ventura, C. (2004). Pregnancy in Maltese drug-abusers : a socio-biological study. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 115(2), 161-165. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/33975 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The use of illicit drugs has increased disturbingly in the last decades, this increase being reflected by an increase in the number of female drug abusers who present in the pregnant state. A total of 47 cases of current or past heroine abuse (0.24% of total maternities) were delivered at the Karin Grech Maternity Unit of St. Luke’s Teaching Hospital in Malta. The socio-biological characteristics of these women were assessed and compared to similar parameters in the remaining pregnant population. These women have been shown to be generally of a younger age <25 years and are generally unmarried. The women tend to seek antenatal care late in pregnancy. Their associated medical problems include Hepatitis C infection. There also appeared to be a statistically increased predisposition to pre-existing diabetes. There did not appear to be any statistically significant increased risks to the infant, though there may have been a greater predisposition to low birth weight and prematurity. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Pregnancy -- Complications | en_GB |
dc.subject | Pregnancy -- Risk factors | en_GB |
dc.subject | Drug abuse in pregnancy -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Hepatitis C -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Diabetes in pregnancy -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Substance abuse in pregnancy -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | Pregnancy in Maltese drug-abusers : a socio-biological study | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.01.028 | - |
dc.publication.title | European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology | en_GB |
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