Sentences with phrase «not accidental suffocation»

«The important point,» McKenna emphasizes, «is that it was not accidental suffocation that induced such laws but purposeful suffocation.»

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The safest way to sleep with your baby is for parents to «share their room, not their bed, as «room sharing without bed sharing may reduce the risk of SIDS by as much as 50 % and helps prevent accidental suffocation.»

The AAP doesn't recommend sharing a bed with your baby because it's associated with a higher risk of SIDS and accidental suffocation, strangulation, or entrapment.

By assuming before any facts are known from the pathologist's death scene and toxicological report that any bedsharing baby was a victim of an accidental suffocation rather than from some congenital or natural cause, including SIDS unrelated to bedsharing, medical authorities not only commit a form of scientific fraud but they victimize the doomed infant's parents for a third time.

While there is evidence that accidental suffocation can and does occur in bed - sharing situations, in the overwhelming number of cases (sometimes in 100 % of them) in which a real overlay by an adult occurs, extremely unsafe sleeping condition or conditions can be identified including situations where adults are not aware that the infant was in the bed, or an adult sleeping partners who are drunk or desensitized by drugs, or indifferent to the presence of the baby.

Although there are instances of accidental suffocation with infants who bed - share, it doesn't mean that all infants should be denied that pleasure and comfort.

The distinction between SIDS and other SUIDs, particularly those that occur during an observed or unobserved sleep period (sleep - related infant deaths), such as accidental suffocation, is challenging and can not usually be determined by autopsy alone.

The latter includes homicides, as well as intentional suffocation, estimated at about 5 % of SUID deaths, but also suspected or definite accidental suffocations, because of an overlay by another person, or an asphyxial wedging or strangulation, especially where the infant is not found dead in a crib but having been on a structure not specifically designed with infant sleep safety in mind (recliners, waterbeds, couches, sofas and / or adult beds).9

Cobedding of twins and other infants of multiple gestation is a frequent practice, both in the hospital setting and at home.174 However, the benefits of cobedding twins and higher - order multiples have not been established.175, — , 177 Twins and higher - order multiples are often born prematurely and with low birth weight, so they are at increased risk of SIDS.101, 102 Furthermore, there is increased potential for overheating and rebreathing while cobedding, and size discordance might increase the risk of accidental suffocation.176 Most cobedded twins are placed on their sides rather than supine.174 Finally, cobedding of twins and higher - order multiples in the hospital setting might encourage parents to continue this practice at home.176 Because the evidence for the benefits of cobedding twins and higher - order multiples is not compelling and because of the increased risk of SIDS and suffocation, the AAP believes that it is prudent to provide separate sleep areas for these infants to decrease the risk of SIDS and accidental suffocation.

The distinction between SIDS and other SUIDs, particularly those that occur during an observed or unobserved sleep period (sleep - related infant deaths), such as accidental suffocation, is challenging and can not be determined by autopsy alone.

Epidemiologic studies have not found bed - sharing to be protective against SIDS and accidental suffocation for any subgroups of the population.

At one extreme, some certifiers have abandoned using SIDS as a cause - of - death explanation.7 At the other extreme, some certifiers will not classify a death as suffocation in the absence of a pathologic marker of asphyxia at autopsy (ie, pathologic findings diagnostic of oronasal occlusion or chest compression8), even with strong evidence from the scene investigation that suggests a probable accidental suffocation.

A recent meta - analysis of 11 studies that investigated the association of bed - sharing and SIDS revealed a summary OR of 2.88 (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.99 — 4.18) with bed - sharing.158 Furthermore, bed - sharing in an adult bed not designed for infant safety exposes the infant to additional risks for accidental injury and death, such as suffocation, asphyxia, entrapment, falls, and strangulation.159, 160 Infants, particularly those in the first 3 months of life and those born prematurely and / or with low birth weight, are at highest risk, 161 possibly because immature motor skills and muscle strength make it difficult to escape potential threats.158 In recent years, the concern among public health officials about bed - sharing has increased, because there have been increased reports of SUIDs occurring in high - risk sleep environments, particularly bed - sharing and / or sleeping on a couch or armchair.162, — , 165

Cars, for example, must have working brakes; children's cribs can not be built in such a way that they cause accidental suffocation.