Sentences with phrase «statement on infant sleep»

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He is a pioneer in the field of sudden infant death syndrome and was one of the lead authors of the landmark 1992 American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement that urged parents to put infants to sleep on their backs to prevent SIDS.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), in its policy statement on SIDS, recommends that infants «should be lightly clothed for sleep, and the bedroom temperature should be kept comfortable for a lightly clothed adult.»

The U.S. surgeon general issued a policy statement that «healthy infants be placed on their back or side to sleep to reduce the risk of SIDS.»

For the background literature review and data analyses on which this policy statement and recommendations are based, refer to the accompanying technical report, «SIDS and Other Sleep - Related Infant Deaths: Evidence Base for 2016 Updated Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment,» available in the electronic pages of this issue (www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2016-2940).3

Concurrently, other causes of sudden unexpected infant death occurring during sleep (sleep - related deaths), including suffocation, asphyxia, and entrapment, and ill - defined or unspecified causes of death have increased in incidence, particularly since the AAP published its last statement on SIDS in 2005.

For the background literature review and data analyses on which this policy statement and recommendations are based, please refer to the accompanying «Technical Report — SIDS and Other Sleep - Related Infant Deaths: Expansion of Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment,» available in the online version of this issue of Pediatrics.2