Open AccessIncreased Cardiac Autonomic Responses to Auditory Challenges in Swaddled Infants
Author(s) -
Patricia Franco,
Sonia Scaillet,
José Groswasser,
André Kahn
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/27.8.1527
Subject(s) - supine position , medicine , heart rate , anesthesia , sudden infant death syndrome , prone position , heart rate variability , audiology , cardiology , blood pressure , pediatrics
When infants have been swaddled and sleep supine, their risk of dying from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is reduced with an odds ratio of 0.64 to 0.69. Alternatively, the risk for SIDS in swaddled infants shows a 3-fold increase in the prone position. The protective role of swaddling during supine sleep has remained unexplained. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of swaddling on cardiac reactivity to auditory stimuli during sleep in both the prone and the supine position.
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