Citation

Freyne B, Hamilton K, McGarvey C, Matthews T, Nicholson AJ. Acta Paediatr. 2014; 103(3): e130-2.

Affiliation

RCSI Department of Paediatrics, Childrens University Hospital, Dublin.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/apa.12488

PMID

24175953

Abstract

Biologic plausibility of risk factors is required to strengthen risk reduction strategies. The "triple risk model" for SIDS describes the interplay of a vulnerable infant, during a critical developmental period, interacting with external stressors (2). Identified external stressors are the supine sleep position and smoke exposure (3). Airway occlusion has been identified as a contributory mechanism in SIDS and may be relevant in deaths occurring in seating devices (4), which are increasingly used in routine infant care for up to six hours a day (3). Accidental death from strangulation, falls and suffocation in seating devices is well described (5). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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