The study published by the NEJM, titled “Increasing Incidence of the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in U.S. Neonatal ICUs,” directly addresses this topic, relying on data from MEDNAX’s Clinical Data Warehouse, and found that NAS is responsible for a substantial and growing portion of resources dedicated to critically ill neonates in NICUs nationwide.
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