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Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2011 Aug 18;32(6):425–430. doi: 10.1038/jp.2011.114

Table 2.

Neonatal Outcomes

	Traditional	Combined	p-value
Infants no.	75	46
Gestational age (weeks)	37 ± 3^a	38 ± 2	NS
34-36 6/7 weeks gestation no. (%)	26 (34)	14 (31)	NS
>37 weeks gestation no. (%)	49 (66)	30 (69)	NS
Males no. (%)	33 (44)	20 (43)	NS
Birth weight (g)	2677 ± 580	2858 ± 426	NS
Discharge weight (g)	3156 ± 634	3012 ±470	NS
Highest NAS^b score	13 ± 3	13 ± 4	NS
Peak NAS score (day)	3 ± 2	3 ± 3	NS
Hospital stay (days)	25 ± 15	13 ± 5	<0.01
Methadone treatment (days)	21 ± 14	37 ± 20	<0.01
Cumulative methadone dose (mg/kg)	3.1 ± 5	3.6 ± 3	NS
Pts also on phenobarbital no. (%)	18 (24)	13 (28)	NS
Phenobarbital treatment (days)	14 ± 11	19 ± 14	NS

= Mean ± SD

= Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome