Breastfeeding and risk classification of medications used during hospitalization for delivery: 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort

Conclusion: There was extensive use of drugs by mothers in labor during admission, most of the drugs being classified at the same risk and almost half classified as compatible with breastfeeding. However, there was disagreement between the sources for 19.6% of the drugs analyzed, which could endanger the infant ’ s health or leave doubts about the use of the drug or breastfeeding.
Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia - Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research