Journal of Perinatology

TABLE 3

FROM:

Health-care Utilization among Mothers and Infants Following Cocaine Exposure

Seetha Shankaran, Charles R Bauer, Henrietta S Bada, Barry Lester, Linda L Wright and Abhik Das

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Table 3. Infant: Health-care Resource Utilization

 <1500 g>1500 g
 CocaineNon-EXPUnadjusted odds ratioAdjusted odds ratioCocaineNon-EXPUnadjusted odds ratioAdjusted odds ratio
 (n=111)(n=379)(99% CI)(99% CI)(n=961)(n=7063)(99% CI)(99% CI)
Delivery room
 Intubation71 (64%)245 (65%)0.97 (0.54–1.73)0.88 (0.47–1.64)46 (5%)275 (4%)1.24 (0.81–1.89)1.30 (0.84–2.02)
 Medication8 (7%)23 (6%)1.20 (0.40–3.60)1.29 (0.41–4.05)4 (0.4%)33 (0.5%)0.89 (0.23–3.49)1.03 (0.25–4.28)
Hospital stay
 NICU104 (94%)366 (96%)0.53 (0.15–1.82)0.65 (0.16–2.56)127 (13%)755 (11%)1.27 (0.98–1.66)1.53 (1.16–2.02)
 Intermediate101 (91%)334 (88%)1.36 (0.53–3.51)0.98 (0.35–2.79)232 (24%)1082 (15%)1.76 (1.42–2.18)1.46 (1.17–1.83)
 For social services17 (15%)1 (0.3%)68.36 (4.75–984.26)66.82 (4.38–999.99)183 (19%)38 (0.5%)43.53 (27.22–69.61)70.74 (41.73–119.94)
Hospital course
 Any therapies110 (99%)378 (99.7%)0.29 (0.01–11.23)0.35 (0.01–21.57)401 (42%)1776 (25%)2.13 (1.78–2.56)1.76 (1.45–2.13)
 Any procedures109 (98%)370 (98%)1.32 (0.17–10.12)1.15 (0.14–9.39)329 (34%)1662 (23%)1.69 (1.40–2.05)1.50 (1.23–1.83)
Nutrition
 IV fluids109 (98%)377 (99%)0.29 (0.01–3.86)0.29 (0.02–4.54)218 (23%)1124 (16%)1.55 (1.25–1.92)1.50 (1.19–1.87)
 Formula feeds110 (99%)372 (98%)2.07 (0.13–33.00)1.15 (0.06–20.62)950 (99%)6138 (87%)14.28 (6.26–32.57)5.45 (2.28–13.02)

 Adjusted for study site, infant gender, maternal race and maternal education.

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