Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome with Sleeping Factors

Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome with Sleeping Factors
Eliza G. Stensland
Elisabeth B. Winterkorn
Background
Through the early 1990s, the rate of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), now known as sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), was 1.3:1,000 births in the United States.1 Contemporaneous studies suggested a possible role of thermal stress or prone positioning during sleep as a causative factor in SIDS.
Objectives
To determine the relationship of sleep position and bedding on incidence of SIDS.
Methods
Case-control study in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1989.
Patients
67 index SIDS cases age ≤1 year who died of SIDS and 144 age-matched controls. Select exclusion criteria: identified cause of death.
Jun 19, 2016 | Posted by in PEDIATRICS | Comments Off on Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome with Sleeping Factors

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