title: Updated Swedish advice on reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome.
abstract: This article reviews updated advice and factual material from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare on reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Issues covered by the guidance for parents and healthcare professionals include sleeping positions, smoking, breastfeeding, bed sharing and using pacifiers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The guidelines conclude that infants under three months of age are safest sleeping in their own cot and that a pacifier can be used when they are going to sleep.
authors: Department of Paediatrics, University of Gothenburg, Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors: Göran
authors: G
authors: Wennergren
authors: Kerstin
authors: K
authors: Nordstrand
authors: Bernt
authors: B
authors: Alm
authors: Per
authors: P
authors: Möllborg
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Öhman
authors: Anita
authors: A
authors: Berlin
authors: Miriam
authors: M
authors: Katz-Salamon
authors: Hugo
authors: H
authors: Lagercrantz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013548:Sweden
keywords: Apparent life-threatening event; Sudden infant death syndrome; bed sharing; pacifier; prevention
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