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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ther Drug Monit. 2011 Aug;33(4):443–452. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e31822724f0

Table 5.

Results for cocaine (COC), benzoylecgonine (BE), meta-hydroxybenzoylecgonine (mOHBE), morphine (MOR) and/or codeine (COD) in meconium specimens, and percentage thrice-weekly urine specimens’ results in the second and third trimester (T).

Meconium (ng/mL) Urine
Opiates Cocaine
Subject COC BE mOHBE Morphine Codeine a2nd T % positive b3rd T % positive cday last positive a2nd T % positive a3rd T % positive cday last positive
1 N N 24.3 10.2 N 100 0.0 42 33.3 0.0 46
2 N 4.3 200.3 43.0 N STT 6.7 27 STT 63.3 25
3 N 2.4 155.1 65.9 N STT 11.5 31 STT 7.7 31
4 N N 26.0 10.0 N STT 10.7 61 STT 0.0 AN
5 N N N N N 25.0 0.0 104 25.0 0.0 104
6 - - - - - 3.0 0.0 99 0.0 0.0 AN
7 - - - - - 0.0 0.0 AN 0.0 0.0 AN
8 N N 12.5 14.0 N 33.3 0.0 75 0.0 0.0 AN
9 - - - - - 16.7 63.6 3.0 0.0 0.0 AN
10 N N N N N 18.2 0.0 120 0.0 0.0 AN
11 4.4 62.0 57.3 2,555.0 16.3 25.0 7.1 15 31.2 25.0 13
12 N N 119.0 37.0 N 17.6 6.7 34 5.9 6.7 34
13 N N 12.2 N N 55.5 0.0 118 0.0 4.4 62
14 N N N 2,281 N 2.8 0.0 128 0.0 0.0 AN
15 - - - - - 0.0 14.7 18 0.0 0.0 AN
16 233.0 969.0 254.0 N N 94.1 - - 88.2 - -
17 N N N N N 18.7 0.0 100 0.0 0.0 AN
18 N N 104.0 N N 3.0 0.0 176 3.0 0.0 176
19 N N 68.0 N N - - - - - -

N negative results (<limit of quantification); - data unavailable

a

% positive urine specimens in 2nd trimester

b

% positive urine specimens in 3rd trimester

c

days from last positive urine specimen to birth

STT: participant started in 3rd trimester; AN: always negative.