title: Sudden infant death due to carbon dioxide and other pollutant accumulation at the face of a sleeping baby.
abstract: Sudden Infant Death (SIDS) is described as the result of breathing air vitiated by carbon dioxide or other pollutants. Mechanisms are given for SIDS and a description is given of how exhaled air does not leave the vicinity of the face of a sleeping baby in certain combinations of environmental conditions, baby responses to excess CO2 and bedding. Precautions for the prevention of SIDS are given and the statistical associations are discussed.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Corbyn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012890:Sleep; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D002245:Carbon Dioxide