Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Research This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.

Modeling of infant safe sleep practice in a newborn nursery: a quality improvement initiative
This study demonstrates that implementing a quality improvement initiative to improve infant sleep practices in a low-volume nursery is feasible and impactful.PMID:36876256 | PMC:PMC9980643 | DOI:10.1080/08998280.2022.2139976 (Source: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings)
Source: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings - March 6, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Eunice Hsu Lauren Isbell Danielle Arnold Maheswari Ekambaram Source Type: research

Association of maternal snuff use and smoking with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: a national register study
CONCLUSIONS: Maternal snuff use was associated with increased risks of post neonatal mortality, SIDS, and SUID. Nicotine is the common substance in cigarette smoke and snuff. These findings support the hypothesis that nicotine contributes to an elevated risk of SIDS.IMPACT: Maternal snuff use and smoking in early pregnancy were associated with increased risks of post neonatal mortality, SIDS, and SUID. Cessation of smoking and snuff use before the first antenatal visit was associated with reduced risks of SIDS and SUID. The common substance in cigarette smoke and snuff is nicotine. Our findings suggest that nicotine contri...
Source: Pediatric Research - February 9, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Anna Gunnerbeck Cecilia Lundholm Samuel Rhedin Ayoub Mitha Ruoqing Chen Brian M D'Onofrio Catarina Almqvist Source Type: research

Brain water content in sudden unexpected infant death
AbstractThe extensive and rapid development of the human brain during the first years of life complicates the postmortem diagnosis of brain edema in infancy. The aim of this study was to describe brain water content, the brain weight/body weight ratio, and the brain weight/head circumference ratio throughout the first years of life. Furthermore, we examined the relationship between these parameters and rs2075575 in the AQP4 gene. Our hypothesis was that dysregulated water homeostasis might be a risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), which may be reflected by increased water content in the brain. The study inc...
Source: Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology - February 3, 2023 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: research

Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats
LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS— When a Dutch nurse named Lucia de Berk stood trial for serial murder in 2003, statistician Richard Gill was aware of the case. But he saw no reason to stick his nose into it. De Berk was a pediatric nurse at Juliana Children’s Hospital in The Hague. In 2001, after a baby died while she was on duty, a colleague told superiors that De Berk had been present at a suspiciously high number of deaths and resuscitations. Hospital staff immediately informed the police. When investigators reexamined records from De Berk’s shifts, they found 10 suspicious incidents. Three other hospitals wher...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 19, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Bed-sharing is a risk for sudden unexpected death in infancy
Bed-sharing refers to a baby and adult (usually mother) sleeping together on the same sleep surface (usually a bed) for some or all sleeps. Scottish government advice on infant safe sleep Previous Scottish Government Reduce the Risk of Cot death advice, endorsed by the Scottish Cot Death Trust and Unicef, included: "The safest place for your baby to sleep at night, during the first six months, is on their back in a cot in your room." Figure 1A illustrates the cot where the baby should sleep after a feed or cuddle. The Scottish Government is now issuing the Lullaby Trust’s Safer Sleep-Saving Babies Lives leaflets for ...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - January 19, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tappin, D., Mitchell, E. A., Carpenter, J., Hauck, F., Allan, L. Tags: Open access Viewpoint Source Type: research

Positional Plagiocephaly and Craniosynostosis
Pediatr Ann. 2023 Jan;52(1):e10-e17. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20221114-03. Epub 2023 Jan 1.ABSTRACTAlong with the decrease in sudden infant death syndrome due to the successful "Back to Sleep" Campaign, there was a reciprocal increase in cases of positional plagiocephaly (PP). The prevalence of PP significantly rose from approximately 5% to upward of 46% at age 7 months. Consequently, clinicians have seen a surge in the number of patients presenting with head shape abnormalities. Not only does this increase in patient volume pose a logistical problem to clinics, but it also poses a potential risk to patients with craniosynost...
Source: Pediatric Annals - January 10, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Gaia S Santiago Chiara N Santiago Emily S Chwa Chad A Purnell Source Type: research