On 26 May 2003, intense rainfall from a series of thunderstorms in eastern North Carolina caused flooding that eventually destroyed the concrete dam in Hope Mills, draining Hope Mills Lake, and revealing a formerly submerged and buried structure that was identified as a timber crib dam. Inspection revealed these logs to be old-growth longleaf pines, which are now rare on the coastal plain lands...

OBJECTIVE Bottle feeding in the bed or crib before sleep time has been associated with an increased risk of wheezing in the first year of life. We examined whether bottle feeding in the bed or crib before sleep time in the first year of life is associated with wheezing in the first 5 years of life. METHODS In a prospective cohort study of 448 children with parental history of atopy followed f...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether postnatal mother-infant sleep proximity affects breastfeeding initiation and infant safety. DESIGN Randomised non-blinded trial analysed by intention to treat. SETTING Postnatal wards of the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVI), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. PARTICIPANTS 64 newly delivered mother-infant dyads with a prenatal intention to breastfeed (vaginal deliveries, ...

OBJECTIVE Several indicators, mainly birthweight and gestational age, have been used to predict the mortality risk in neonatal intensive care units. In order to assess the potential value of CRIB in predicting neonatal mortality, the score was used over the first 12 hours of life of the newborns admitted to this unit, during the year of 1996. METHOD The inclusion criteria consisted of all inf...

OBJECTIVE To document deaths attributed to bumper pads and injuries from their use that are potentially preventable. STUDY DESIGN The US Consumer Product Safety Commission maintains files on cases voluntarily reported to them of deaths and injury related to commercial products. These cases represent an unknown fraction of total occurrences. We searched this database for deaths related to crib...

Background: One of the most common methods of identifying mortality risk is the Clinical Risk Index for Babies scoring system (CRIB- II). The aim of this study was assessing the value of CRIB- II in predicting mortality risk in preterm and low birth weight infants in East Azerbaijan- Iran. Materials and Methods: This prospective cohort study was carried out in 2013-2014 during 6 months in NICUs...