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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Keywords: Thyroid gland volume ; Breast feeding ; Formula feeding ; Iodine supplementation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The spontaneous development of thyroid gland volume (TGV) during the first 3 months of life was studied in entirely breast-fed infants (n = 21) and compared to those fed an iodine-supplemented formula (n = 19), an iodine-free formula (n = 5), or partially breast-fed in addition to an iodine-free (n = 4) or an iodine-supplemented formula (n =16). The TGV of the infants and their mothers was determined sonographically in addition to their urinary iodine concentrations 57 days postpartum and 3 months later. In ten additional lactating mothers the breast milk concentrations of thyroid hormones and iodine were determined. It was shown that at 3 months of age an infant consuming about 1000 ml breast milk per day receives about 2 μg thyroid hormones and 55 μg iodine per day. At the end of their first week of life the infants showed a TGV between 0.28 and 1.5 ml (median 0.61 ml) and a urinary iodine concentration between 0.03 and 16.3 μg/dl (median 3.0 μg/dl). At 3 months of age the TGV of the breast-fed infants had decreased by a median of 0.24 ml (= −34%; median of percentage changes) whereas those fed a formula without iodine had increased by a median of 0.26 ml (= + 50%; median of percentage changes). Those receiving an iodine-supplemented formula showed a TGV reduction of 0.14 ml (= +2%; median of percentage changes). The TGV development of the partially breast-fed infants lay between those being exclusively breast or formula fed. It is concluded that with respect to the development of TGV, breast milk is superior even to the feeding of an iodine-supplemented formula.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1433-0407
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Neonatales Abstinenzsyndrom ; Methadon ; Heroin ; Sucht ; Kinder drogenabhängiger Mütter ; Keywords Neonatal abstinence syndrome ; Methadone ; Heroin ; Addiction ; Children of drug-dependent mothers
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Abstract In a retrospective case control study at the University of Frankfurt, Germany, 101 babies born to opiate-addicted mothers were identified from birth charts from 1988 to 1995. After birth, they developed a withdrawal syndrome (neonatal abstinence syndrome). Fifty control infants and their mothers were selected from neonatal wards. The group of opiate-exposed babies was subdivided into a group born to mothers without methadone treatment (n=48) and a group born to mothers who were enrolled in a methadone program (n=51). The methadone infants had a significantly higher mean birth weight (2822 g) than children in the group without methadone (2471 g). The abstinence syndrome was much more intense in the methadone group (convulsions 47.1%) than in heroin-exposed babies without methadone treatment (convulsions 27.1%). Women in methadone maintenance programs lived in more stable socioeconomic conditions than opiate-addicted women without methadone substitution. Moreover, they cared significantly better for their babies: 81.3% of the methadone mothers visited their children on a regular basis and 90.9% cared adequately. The data emphasize the need in future research to look more closely at the role of methadone treatment programs in the development of opiate-exposed babies.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung In einer retrospektiven Fall-Kontroll-Studie (Geburtsjahrgänge 1988–1995) an der Universitätsklinik Frankfurt a. M. wurden in der Neonatologie 101 Neugeborene von opiatabhängigen Müttern identifiziert. Postpartal zeigten die Kinder ein Entzugssyndrom (neonatales Abstinenzsyndrom). Eine Kontrollgruppe bestand aus 50 drogenfreien Müttern und ihren Neugeborenen. Die opiatexponierten Kinder wurden dichotomisiert in eine Gruppe von Kindern, deren Mütter Methadon-substituiert wurden (n=51), und in eine Gruppe ohne Methadon-Substitution n=48): Methadon-Kinder hatten ein höheres durchschnittliches Geburtsgewicht (2822 g) als Kinder von nicht substituierten Müttern (2471 g). Das Abstinenzsyndrom verlief in der Methadon-Gruppe schwerer (Krampfanfälle in 47,1%) als in der Gruppe ohne Substitution (Krampfanfälle in 27,1%). Die substituierten Frauen lebten in stabileren sozioökonomischen Verhältnissen als nicht substituierte Frauen und sie kümmerten sich signifikant besser um ihre Kinder: 81,3% der substituierten Mütter besuchten ihre Kinder regelmäßig, das Zuwendungsverhalten war bei 90,9% angemessen. Diese Datenlage gibt Anlass dazu, die Rolle der Methadon-Substitution in der Entwicklung von Kindern opiatabhängiger Mütter zukünftig in der Forschung verstärkt zu berücksichtigen.
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