The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended since 1992 that infants be placed to sleep on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Since that time, the frequency of prone sleeping has decreased from >70% to ;20% of US infants, and the SIDS rate has decreased by >40%. However, SIDS remains the highest cause of infant death beyond the neonatal period, and ther...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended since 1992 that infants be placed to sleep on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Since that time, the frequency of prone sleeping has decreased from >70% to ;20% of US infants, and the SIDS rate has decreased by >40%. However, SIDS remains the highest cause of infant death beyond the neonatal period, and ther...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended since 1992 that infants be placed to sleep on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Since that time, the frequency of prone sleeping has decreased from >70% to ;20% of US infants, and the SIDS rate has decreased by >40%. However, SIDS remains the highest cause of infant death beyond the neonatal period, and ther...

UNLABELLED We conducted a literature review on the effect of breastfeeding and dummy (pacifier) use on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). From 4343 abstracts, we identified 35 relevant studies on breastfeeding and SIDS, 27 on dummy use and SIDS and 59 on dummy use versus breastfeeding. CONCLUSION We found ample evidence that both breastfeeding and dummy use reduce the risk of SIDS. There ha...

AIMS To define ethnic origin and verify the diagnosis of sudden infant deaths among Pacific peoples in Auckland 1988-1996, and to elicit soci-econonic and demographic characteristics. METHODS Police (P47) and coroner reports were analysed for an ethnic classification and diagnosis. Postneonatal and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) register and New Zealand Information Services data were ana...

BACKGROUND Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) continues to be one of the main causes of infant mortality in the United States. The objective of this study was to analyse the association between diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) immunisation and SIDS over time. METHODS The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided the number of cases of SIDS and live births per year (1968-2009), al...

We realize that the Mage and Donner's observations do not refer specifically to our work on the alterations of the centers that control hearing in SIDS but rather on “the common belief (not only ours but also of other authors) that SIDS is a developmental defect of neurologic origin”. Basically they with this letter to the Editor highlight that there are two lines of thought about the significa...

A number of features of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) point to an aetiological role for apparently minor infections. The spread of infections is influenced by the rate of contact between infectious cases and susceptibles in the population. This is likely to differ geographically depending on patterns of social contacts, with epidemics being particularly likely where an influx of migrants ...

Dear Sir, Since the publication of the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)–critical diaphragm failure (CDF) hypothesis in 2011 (1), it has attracted the attention of several investigators active in the field (2,3). In addition to the published commentary, the author has corresponded with several colleagues regarding the potential role of critical diaphragm failure in SIDS. In several of these c...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended since 1992 that infants be placed to sleep on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Since that time, the frequency of prone sleeping has decreased from >70% to ;20% of US infants, and the SIDS rate has decreased by >40%. However, SIDS remains the highest cause of infant death beyond the neonatal period, and ther...