Open AccessCotinine Fluctuation in Maternal Saliva During and After Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Seok Hyun Gwon,
Suyong Jeong,
Linda Bullock
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mcn, the american journal of maternal child nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.326
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1539-0683
pISSN - 0361-929X
DOI - 10.1097/nmc.0000000000000743
Subject(s) - cotinine , pregnancy , medicine , saliva , nicotine , obstetrics , randomized controlled trial , repeated measures design , smoking cessation , statistics , genetics , mathematics , pathology , biology
The purpose of this study was to determine maternal cotinine levels in saliva at the first (T-1) and third trimesters of pregnancy (T-2), and postpartum (T-3) among women who reported smoking a consistent number of cigarettes. The goal was to generate data to provide suggestions about how nurses can improve patient outcomes for women who smoke.