Renewed warnings of suffocation risk from infant sleep positioners
Excerpt:This 2010 image from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) shows the potential suffocation hazard for babies who are placed in infant sleep positioners. / CPSC. gov Infant sleep positioners have been marketed and sold as ways to improve a baby's sleep, while reducing risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). A new report however from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds the products have caused 13 suffocation deaths in young infants since 1997. Breast-feeding tied to lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome Study: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome rates down, but more risk factors emerge Unintentional suffocation is the leading cause of injury death for U.S. children younger than 1-year-old, according to the CDC.
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Michelle Bolek
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| 0.334572 | "Using an infant sleep positioner would be at the discretion of a health care professional for a specific medical condition," FDA spokeswomen Michelle Bolek said ... |
| 0.169904 | "Using an infant sleep positioner would be at the discretion of a health care professional for a specific medical condition," FDA spokeswomen Michelle Bolek said to HealthDay. "For example, a baby with cerebral palsy who has difficulty swallowing may need a positioner to sleep. These babies are not likely to roll off the device because they do not move normally as a result of their disability." |
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New CDC study reviews 13 suffocation deaths in young infants whose parents placed them in infant sleep positioners
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Renewed warnings of suffocation risk from infant sleep positioners
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