Neurophysiological monitoring in neonatal abstinence syndrome from cocaine

Raffaele Falsaperla, Simona Zaami, Maria Giovanna Aguglia, Catia Romano, Agnese Suppiej, Luigi Memo Abstract Introduction. Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in a newborn is a result of the sudden discontinuation of exposure to psychotropic drugs abused by the mother during pregnancy. Since forty decades, the standardized Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool (FNAST) documents the infant withdrawal, …