BLOOD-PRESSURE IN CHILDREN EXPOSED PRENATALLY TO COCAINE

Authors
NEEDLMAN R FRANK DA CABRAL H MIROCHNICK M KWON G ZUCKERMAN B
Citation
R. Needlman et al., BLOOD-PRESSURE IN CHILDREN EXPOSED PRENATALLY TO COCAINE, Clinical pediatrics, 37(11), 1998, pp. 659-664
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Clinical pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00099228
Volume
37
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
659 - 664
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-9228(1998)37:11<659:BICEPT>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Prenatal exposure to cocaine may alter autonomic nervous system functi on resulting in hypertension. Blood pressure was measured oscillometri cally in a convenience sample of cocaine-exposed (n=32) and nonexposed (n=23) children, aged 8 to 26 months, by examiners unaware of exposur e status. The exposed and nonexposed groups did not differ in systolic pressure (mean +/-SD 102.3 +/-9.9 mmHg vs 101.8 +/-8.1, respectively) , diastolic pressure (45.7 +/-13.6 vs 51.7 +/-10.6), or pulse rate (11 3.0 +/-19.7 vs 119.1 +/-19.4). Prenatal exposure to cocaine does not a ppear to be associated with elevated blood pressure in young children.