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The dangers of soft bedding for infants
- Source :
- Archives of Disease in Childhood. 69:711-711
- Publication Year :
- 1993
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 1993.
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Abstract
- The reported association of cot death and sleeping prone could be due to rebreathing of expired gases. A mechanical model simulating the respiratory system of an infant, exhaling warm humidified air with an end tidal carbon dioxide of 5%, has been used to investigate this. Some commonly used bedding materials caused an accumulation of carbon dioxide of 7% to over 10% with the model lying face down. This phenomenon persisted even with the head inclined at 45 degrees, but only on very soft materials, and could be a cause of cot death in a baby unresponsive to asphyxial blood gas changes. A coir fibre mattress allowed complete dispersal of exhalate as did a rubber sheet between any mattress and the covering sheet.
- Subjects :
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Injury control
Bedding
business.industry
Accident prevention
Data Collection
Respiration
Bedding and Linens
Infant
Poison control
Models, Biological
Infant newborn
Asphyxia
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Prone Position
Humans
Medicine
business
Sudden Infant Death
Sudden infant death
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14682044 and 00039888
- Volume :
- 69
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....baf1d3a523b06160085395d64384a4dd