Potentially dangerous sleeping environments and accidental asphyxia in infancy and early childhood.

Byard, Roger W.; Beal, Susan; Bourne, Anthony J.

doi:10.1136/adc.71.6.497

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“…A recent review found the mean age of such infants to be 10 months, with an upper limit being 3 years [22].…”

Section: Asphyxial Deaths Cot/bed Asphyxiasmentioning

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Accidental Childhood Death and the Role of the Pathologist

Byard

2000

Pediatr Dev Pathol

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The following study provides an overview of accidental childhood death. This study is based on a review of 369 cases of fatal childhood accidents taken from the records of the Department of Histopathology, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, over a 34-year period from 1963 to 1996. Data provide information on deaths due to motor vehicle accidents, drownings, accidental asphyxia, burns, poisonings, electrocution, and miscellaneous trauma. In addition, certain categories have undergone further examination, including asphyxial deaths due to unsafe sleeping environments and unsafe eating practices, drowning deaths, and deaths on farms, following identification of significant child safety problems in these areas as part of the "Keeping Your Baby and Child Safe" program. Previously unrecognized dangers to children detected through this program include mesh-sided cots, V-shaped pillows, and certain types of stroller-prams. The production of information pamphlets and packages for parents and the recall of certain dangerous products following recommendations made by pathologists demonstrate that pediatric and forensic pathologists have an important role to play in preventive medicine issues and in formulating public health strategies.

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“…A recent review found the mean age of such infants to be 10 months, with an upper limit being 3 years [22].…”

Section: Asphyxial Deaths Cot/bed Asphyxiasmentioning

confidence: 98%

Accidental Childhood Death and the Role of the Pathologist

Byard

2000

Pediatr Dev Pathol

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“…Sleep environments are also implicated in infant suffocation deaths, and various lethal sleep environments have been described in detail (Byard et al 1994;. Regardless of the sleep locations, lack of 7 supervision was a factor in each of the cases examined.…”

Section: Other Sleep-related Infant Deathsmentioning

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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) risk reduction and infant sleep location – Moving the discussion forward

Ball

Volpe

2013

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Wedging involving a bed is not a new pattern of suffocation, 10,11 nor is it a pattern that occurs only in the United States. Wedging suffocation deaths attributed to slipping between a mattress and bed sides or wall have been reported in South Australia 12 and in England and Wales. 9 In the latter study, beds and cots were implicated in nearly one third of accidental asphyxia deaths among children.…”

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Infant Mechanical Suffocation Deaths in the United States, 1980–1997

Drago¹,

Dannenberg

1999

Pediatrics

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ABSTRACT. Purpose. To document specific patterns and products associated with mechanical suffocation among infants younger than 13 months of age for the period 1980 to 1997.Methodology. A total 2178 case summaries from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's Death Certificate File were reviewed. A computerized database was created for information about the infants, products, and patterns of suffocation. The relationships among products, patterns, and age groups were analyzed by 2 . Thirty-eight investigations conducted on a subset of cases involving cribs were reviewed for details on crib age, structural integrity, and compliance with the federal crib regulation. Mortality rates were calculated based on the US population younger than 1 year old.Results. The most frequent causes of suffocation were 1) wedging between a bed or mattress and a wall and 2) oronasal obstruction by plastic bag. Patterns of suffocation were significantly related to age group, but not to sex. Pattern-specific mortality rates comparing three time frames for the the 16-year period from 1980 to 1995 showed continued increases for overlain and oronasal obstruction; an increase followed by a plateau for wedging, a decrease for hanging, and no substantial change for entrapment with suspension.Conclusions. Suffocation hazards presented by beds, bedding, pillows, and plastic bags continue to be underrecognized by parents and caregivers. Bed-sharing and use of adult beds for infants should be discouraged. Only complying cribs should be used and maintained properly to ensure structural integrity. Suffocation deaths involving plastics should be investigated to determine the specific material characteristics and use patterns to design more effective interventions than selective labeling. Pediatrics 1999;103(5). URL: http://www.pediatrics.org/ cgi/content/full/103/5/e59;

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Potentially dangerous sleeping environments and accidental asphyxia in infancy and early childhood.

Abstract: Infants and young children may be exposed to a variety of dangerous situations when left sleeping in cots, chairs, or beds.

Cited by 88 publications

References 6 publications

Accidental Childhood Death and the Role of the Pathologist

Accidental Childhood Death and the Role of the Pathologist

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) risk reduction and infant sleep location – Moving the discussion forward

Infant Mechanical Suffocation Deaths in the United States, 1980–1997

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