Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Epidemiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Prenatal origins of poor sleep in children.

30 Jul 2009 STUDY OBJECTIVES: We examined whether small body size at birth and prenatal tobacco or alcohol exposure predict poor sleep and more sleep disturbances in children. DESIGN: An epidemiologic cohort study of 289 eight-year-old children born at term. ... Read more...

Screening and recording of alcohol use among women of child-bearing age and pregnant women.

14 Apr 2009 A woman's alcohol use during pregnancy is one of the top preventable causes of birth defects and developmental disabilities that are known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The social and economic burden of FASD is substantial. Lifetime ... Read more...

Interventions for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs): overview of findings for five innovative research projects.

24 Mar 2009 It is well established that prenatal exposure to alcohol causes damage to the developing fetus, resulting in a spectrum of disorders known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Although our understanding of the deficits and disturbances ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prenatal origins of poor sleep in children. 30 Jul 2009
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD): what medical professionals need to know. 29 Apr 2009
• Screening and recording of alcohol use among women of child-bearing age and pregnant women. 14 Apr 2009
• Interventions for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs): overview of findings for five innovative research projects. 24 Mar 2009
• Hospitalizations of children who have fetal alcohol syndrome or incomplete fetal alcohol syndrome. 27 Feb 2009
• Review of published studies of kidney, liver, and gastrointestinal birth defects in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 27 Feb 2009
• Maternal smoking in pregnancy and externalizing behavior in 18-month-old children: results from a population-based prospective study. 27 Feb 2009
• Characteristics of children whose siblings have fetal alcohol syndrome or incomplete fetal alcohol syndrome. 27 Feb 2009
• Prevention is best for fetal alcohol syndrome. 30 Jan 2009
• Treatment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: are we ready yet? 30 Jan 2009
• The burden of prenatal exposure to alcohol: revised measurement of cost. 21 Jan 2009
• Costs of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Alberta, Canada. 14 Jan 2009
• [Myopia in systemic disorders] 30 Dec 2008
• Binge drinking during pregnancy and risk of seizures in childhood: a study based on the Danish National Birth Cohort. 6 Dec 2008
• Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. 29 Nov 2008
• Alcohol use before and during pregnancy in western Washington, 1989-2004: implications for the prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 20 Nov 2008
• Fetal alcohol syndrome among grade 1 schoolchildren in Northern Cape Province: prevalence and risk factors. 30 Oct 2008
• Gender and attention deficits in children diagnosed with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. 22 Oct 2008
• Executive function deficits in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) measured using the Cambridge Neuropsychological Tests Automated Battery (CANTAB). 21 Oct 2008
• Racial disparities in pregnancy-related drinking reduction. 7 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Fetal Alcohol Syndrome'

Definition: A condition occurring in FETUS or NEWBORN due to in utero ETHANOL exposure when mother consumed alcohol during PREGNANCY. It is characterized by a cluster of irreversible BIRTH DEFECTS including abnormalities in physical, mental, and behavior development (such as FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; MENTAL RETARDATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS) with varied degree of severity in an individual.

Descriptor UI: D005310

Alternative terms: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Fetal Alcohol Syndromes;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C13.703.277.080; C16.300.080; C21.739.100.087.397;

History Note: 79; was in Cat C & F 1979-80