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NAS/NOWS, Neonatal — Environmental Measures — Clinical Pathway: Inpatient Care

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) /Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS), Clinical Pathway, Inpatient

Environmental Measures for Treatment of Infants with NAS

Environmental Decrease stimuli
Provide quiet, dark setting
Swaddle

Avoid overheating

Use muslin blanket, if available

Holding Encourage skin-to-skin contact
Feeding

Feed on demand

Frequent small feeds

Consider higher calorie formula/fortified breast milk to supplement increased calorie expenditure, if necessary

 

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