[Revised guideline 'prevention of cot death'].
There are new insights into the pathogenesis of cot death ('sudden infant death syndrome'; SIDS). Based on these new insights, the Dutch Paediatric Association and the Dutch Child and Youth Health Care Physicians have drawn up a new guideline 'Prevention of cot death', which replaces the consensus statement of 1996. The 2 major differences from the old guideline are that co-sleeping of young infants in the same bed with the parents is now actively discouraged under the age of 4 months, and that the supine sleeping position is recommended from birth on. The recommendation that lying on one side can be used during the first 2 weeks of life has now been withdrawn.
Flinsenberg
T W H
TW
Maaslandziekenhuis, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Postbus 5500, 6130 MB Sittard.
Ruys
J H
JH
Engelberts
A C
AC
van Velzen-Mol
H W M
HW
D001513:Beds; D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011322:Primary Prevention; D016684:Prone Position; D012307:Risk Factors; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*