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Sudden unexpected death study underlines risks of infants sleeping in sitting devices
Author(s) -
Freyne B,
Hamilton K,
Mc Garvey C,
Shan Brenda,
Matthews TG,
Nicholson AJ
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/apa.12488
Subject(s) - medicine , sitting , sudden death , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , cardiology , pathology
Biologic plausibility of risk factors is required to strengthen risk reduction strategies. The "triple risk model" for SIDS describes the interplay of a vulnerable infant, during a critical developmental period, interacting with external stressors (2). Identified external stressors are the supine sleep position and smoke exposure (3). Airway occlusion has been identified as a contributory mechanism in SIDS and may be relevant in deaths occurring in seating devices (4), which are increasingly used in routine infant care for up to six hours a day (3). Accidental death from strangulation, falls and suffocation in seating devices is well described (5). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Language: en