TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Social and medical problems in children of heroin-addicted parents. A study of 75 patients
JO  - American journal of diseases of children (1960)
A1  - Casado-Flores, J.
A1  - Bano-Rodrigo, A.
A1  - Romero, E.
SP  - 977
EP  - 979
VL  - 144
IS  - 9
N2  - Between January 1985 and December 1987, seventy-five children of intravenous heroin-addicted parents (one or both) were studied. Their ages ranged from 4 days to 14 years. All patients had suffered from several pediatric diseases. Three major types of problems were found among the children studied: infectious diseases, nutritional diseases, and parental neglect and/or disinterest. The most common diagnoses at discharge were gastroenteritis (24%), pneumonia (21%), malnutrition (17%), upper airway infectious diseases (13%), septicemia (12%), child abuse (4%), acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (3%), and other infectious diseases (24%). Their parents reported hepatitis B virus infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and alcoholism. The unemployment rate among the fathers was 37%. Sixteen percent of mothers were prostitutes. There was an imprisonment record of 19% for mothers and fathers combined. A multidisciplinary approach for this group of children would make prevention possible and care less expensive.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-922X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -