Rastreo de cocaína en orina de recién nacidos hijos de madres consumidoras

• Published in: Colombia médica (Cali, Colombia) Vol. 34; no. 1
• Main Author: Jaime Arturo Roa, Carlos A. Echandía, María V. Rodríguez, María I. Lozano, Luis J. Arias, Luz Marina Angel, Alvaro J. Caicedo, Maribel Villalba, Beatriz E. Porras, Jaime Valderrama, Katherine Quevedo
• Format: Journal Article
• Published: Colombia Universidad del Valle - Facultad de Salud 27.09.2004
• Subjects: Cocaine (bazuco). Mother-newborn binomial. Benzoilecgonina; Cocaína (bazuco). Binomio madre-recién nacido. Benzoilecgonina
• ISSN: 0120-8322

A prevalence study was carried out to track cocaine in urine and characterize the cocaine (bazuco) consumer mother during their pregnancy and their newborn, in the Hospital Universitary in Cali, Colombia, where two groups of mothers were included, ones that accepted its consumption, and other ones who accepted using other substances and had complications of their pregnancy; 117 mother-newborn binomials were included, 25 (21%) accepted consumption and 92 (79%) had complications. The first one had a lower scholarship and prenatal control more sexual transmission diseases and higher cigarette and marihuana smoking rates; 72% resulted positive during a urine test for cocaine, against 15% of mothers having complications. Half of their babies were premature and low birth weight, 20% with intrauterine malnutrition and 12% had a very low birth weight. In addition 60% resulted positive on urine test for cocaine, against 16% of the babies from mothers that had complications. Low scholarship, absence of prenatal control, a higher gravidity and parity were associated with a major risk of having a positive result on urine test for cocaine. It is very urgent to apply educative and public health politics that rise scholarship on women, and make higher coverage on prenatal control over every woman who is pregnant, also preventing consumption of deleterious substances during pregnancy period.