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WASHINGTON – On Dec. 5, the Indian Health Service and American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Native American Child Health released clinical recommendations on neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, or NOWS, for IHS, tribal and urban Indian organization health care facilities.
According to an IHS press release, these recommendations provide standards of care surrounding screening, diagnosing, and treatment of pregnant mothers and infants affected by prenatal opioid exposure.
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