Table 2 Postnatal treatment with opioids before and after implementing ESC.

From: Shifting the care paradigm for opioid-exposed newborns in Southern Colorado

 

Total cohort

UCHealth Memorial

Parkview Medical Center

 

Total OEN

OEN treated Pharma

Total OEN

OEN treated Pharma

Total OEN

OEN treated Pharma

Pre-ESC

103

66 (64.1%)

34

29 (85.3%)

69

37 (53.6%)

Post-ESCb

177

53 (29.9%)b

67

24 (35.8%)

110

29 (26.4%)b

Total patients

280

 

101

 

179

 
  1. OEN opioid-exposed newborn, ESC Eat, Sleep, Console pathway, Pharm postnatal opioid medication use.
  2. aBoth UCHealth Memorial and Parkview Medical Center changed from scheduled methadone treatment to prn morphine for pharmacologic treatment (“Pharm”) of NOWS as ESC was implemented.
  3. bPost-ESC compared to Pre-ESC, p < 0.0001, chi square.
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