title: [Revised guideline 'prevention of cot death'].
abstract: 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 The recommendation that lying on one side can be used during the first 2 weeks of life has now been withdrawn.
authors.affiliation: Maaslandziekenhuis, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Postbus 5500, 6130 MB Sittard.
authors.forename: T W H
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Flinsenberg
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ruys
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Engelberts
authors.forename: H W M
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: van Velzen-Mol
mesh_terms: 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*