New SIDS recommendations
Filed in archive News on October 10, 2005
The American Academy of Pediatrics introduces now policies for SIDS:
babies should be offered pacifiers at bedtime, and they should sleep in their parents' room but not in their beds in order to lessen the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the nation's largest group of pediatricians says.
Both measures may help keep babies from slumbering too deeply a problem for infants prone to SIDS, said Dr. Rachel Moon, who helped draft the new recommendations on SIDS prevention. They were prepared for release Monday at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Both measures may help keep babies from slumbering too deeply a problem for infants prone to SIDS, said Dr. Rachel Moon, who helped draft the new recommendations on SIDS prevention. They were prepared for release Monday at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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