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AAP Grand Rounds 2:40 (1999)
© 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Supine Sleeping: No Adverse Effects Identified

Source: Dwyer T, Ponsonby AL, Couper D, Cochrane J. Short-term morbidity and infant mortality among infants who slept supine at 1 month of age—a follow-up report. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 1999;13:302–315.

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Campaigns to promote the avoidance of the prone sleeping position have been followed by a reduction in deaths from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). This study was performed to further investigate the effects of various sleeping positions at 1 month of age on later symptoms, illness, and death. The 9,826 infants studied constituted 89% of the eligible infants and one fifth of the 1988–1995 birth cohort in Tasmania, Australia, at higher risk of SIDS based on a composite score of maternal age, birth weight, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Daniel R. Neuspiel, MD, MPH, FAAP
Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY