title: Can home monitoring reduce mortality in infants at increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome? A systematic review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To conduct a systematic review to evaluate the effectiveness of home monitoring devices in the prevention of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Systematic literature review to June 30, 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eleven unique studies were identified. Only one of these studies involved a comparison of home monitoring with a control intervention and so could be deemed level I evidence. The remaining studies constituted level III evidence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is no high-level evidence that home monitoring may be of use in preventing SIDS; further research is needed.
authors.affiliation: North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, UK. strehle@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Eugen-Matthias
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Strehle
authors.forename: William K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Sharmila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gopisetti
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: Jackie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.forename: Sive
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malone
mesh_terms: D001049:Apnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000517:prevention & control*