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Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / In utero opioid exposure and risk of infections in childhood: A multinational Nordic cohort study.

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2020 Aug 07


Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32767610?dopt=Abstract

In utero opioid exposure and risk of infections in childhood: A multinational Nordic cohort study.

Authors

In utero opioid exposure and risk of infections in childhood: A multinational Nordic cohort study.
Mahic M, Hernandez-Diaz S, Wood M, Kieler H, Odsbu I, Nørgaard M, Öztürk B, Bateman BT, Hjellvik V, Skurtveit S, Handal M
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2020 Aug 07.
PMID: 32767610.

Abstract

There is an increasing number of children with in utero exposure to opioids. Knowledge about opioid safety in pregnancy, particularly for outcomes later in childhood is scarce. It has been suggested that opioids can modulate immune system and increase the risk of infections. Our goal was to study the impact of in utero opioid exposure on the immune system and the risk of infections in childhood.
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