Q.Aterm infant is born to a mother who has been using crack
cocaine. This infant is at increased risk for which of the following?
(A) anemia
(B) intrauterine
growth retardation
(C)
hypercalcemia
(D) macrosomia
(E) postmaturity
Ans:
B.
Infants born to women using cocaine,
especially crack cocaine, have an increased incidence of prematurity (not postmaturity)
and low birth weight (not macrosomia). Intrauterine growth retardation with disproportionate
decrease in head size is noted in infants exposed prenatally to cocaine.
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