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Annotation Accidental death or sudden infant death syndrome?
Author(s) -
BEAL SM,
BYARD RW
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1995.tb00808.x
Subject(s) - medicine , accidental , sudden infant death syndrome , infant mortality , medical emergency , pediatrics , cause of death , environmental health , population , pathology , physics , disease , acoustics
Objective: To describe the reasons why it is difficult to decide whether to attribute some infant deaths to accidents or to SIDS. Methodology To extract from infant deaths data in South Australia those where the cause of death is debatable. Results The risks associated with rocking cradles, bed sharing, bedclothes, couch sleeping, unsafe cots or beds and the prone position are presented. Conclusions : Uniform worldwide death scene investigations for all infant deaths should help identify unsafe sleeping conditions for infants.