Not exact matches
Death certificates are useful for monitoring trends in SIDS mortality, but the circumstances and events that
lead to death are not captured in vital statistics data.16 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently began to pilot a SUID case registry that will provide supplemental surveillance information about the
sleep environment at the time of death, infant health history, and the comprehensiveness of the death scene investigation and autopsy.
What I did was follow my child's
lead and trust that in a secure
environment he would eventually come to
sleep longer, more easily, in his own way.
Tragically, these culturally based practices
led to the deaths of possibly as many as 600 thousand infants from SIDS, in part because our society promoted a kind of premature deep, uninterrupted
sleep, in sensory - deprived (solitary)
environments for which the naturally vulnerable and neurologically immature human infant was not and is not, biologically prepared.
Wet or damp mattresses provide a perfect
environment for bacteria, mold, mildew and fungi, which can
lead to a toxic
sleep environment.
Despite a 56 % decrease in the national incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) from 1.2 deaths per 1000 live births in 19921 to 0.53 death per 1000 live births in 2003,2 SIDS continues to be the
leading cause of postneonatal mortality in the United States.3 The decreased rate of SIDS is largely attributed to the increased use of the supine
sleep position after the introduction of the «Back to Sleep» campaign in 1994.4 - 7 More recently, it has been suggested that the decrease in the SIDS rate has leveled off coincident with a plateau in the uptake of the supine sleep position.8 Although caretakers should continue to be encouraged to place infants on their backs to sleep, other potentially modifiable risk factors in the sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of
sleep position after the introduction of the «Back to
Sleep» campaign in 1994.4 - 7 More recently, it has been suggested that the decrease in the SIDS rate has leveled off coincident with a plateau in the uptake of the supine sleep position.8 Although caretakers should continue to be encouraged to place infants on their backs to sleep, other potentially modifiable risk factors in the sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of
Sleep» campaign in 1994.4 - 7 More recently, it has been suggested that the decrease in the SIDS rate has leveled off coincident with a plateau in the uptake of the supine
sleep position.8 Although caretakers should continue to be encouraged to place infants on their backs to sleep, other potentially modifiable risk factors in the sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of
sleep position.8 Although caretakers should continue to be encouraged to place infants on their backs to
sleep, other potentially modifiable risk factors in the sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of
sleep, other potentially modifiable risk factors in the
sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of
sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of SIDS.
But all sorts of things can
lead to insomnia, including physical discomfort (the stuffy nose of a cold or the pain of a headache, for example), emotional troubles (like family problems or relationship difficulties), and even an uncomfortable
sleeping environment (a room that's too hot, cold, bright, or noisy).
However, rooming - in can
lead to unsafe
sleep habits when parents allow their babies to co-
sleep in an unsafe baby
sleep environment.
«Totten has been called the
sleeping giant because it's huge and has been seen as insensitive to changes in its
environment,» said
lead author Chad Greene, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG).
«We have little understanding of how many infants in the U.S. are put into
sleeping environments where soft bedding or blankets may be used,» said Carrie Shapiro - Mendoza, the study's
lead author and senior scientist in the CDC's Division of Reproductive Health in Atlanta.
Wet or damp mattresses provide a perfect
environment for bacteria, mold, mildew and fungi, which can
lead to a toxic
sleep environment.
They are not trained in the way a companion animal is trained, to walk on a
lead,
sleep on their beds or in a crate as in a domestic
environment.