Sleep-related risk and worrying behaviours: a retrospective review of a tertiary centre ’s experience

Conclusions: Most worrying infant behaviour during sleep can be related to paraphysiological phenomena; capillary blood gas analysis and anamnesis are pivotal to identify the cases at risk of fatal events.What is Known:•Events that happen during sleep often frighten the parents of newborns. This fear may be induced by the fact that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome typically occurs during sleep.•This tragic event is unpredictable by any clinical features or findings in instrumental examinations and cannot be prevented with an early resuscitation.What is New:•In our retrospective study, most worrying infant behaviour during sleep can be related to paraphysiological phenomena.•Capillary blood gas analysis and anamnesis collection were crucial to identify the only two life-threatening events.
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research