title: Sudden deaths in adult-worn baby carriers: 19 cases.
abstract: Soft infant carriers such as slings have become extremely popular in the west and are usually considered safe. We report 19 cases of sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) linked to infant carrier. Most patients were healthy full-term babies less than 3 months of age, and suffocation was the most frequent cause of death.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Infant carriers represent an underestimated cause of death by suffocation in neonates.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  • Sudden unexpected deaths in infancy linked to infant carrier have been only sparsely reported.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  • We report a series of 19 cases strongly suggesting age of less than 3 months as a risk factor and suffocation as the mechanism of death.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Raymond Poincaré University Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France. jean.bergounioux@rpc.aphp.fr.|Inserm U1151, Pathogénie des Infections Systémiques, Paris, France. jean.bergounioux@rpc.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bergounioux
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Robert Debré University Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France. christelle.madre@rdb.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Madre
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Robert Debré University Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France. anne.armangaud@nck.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crucis-Armengaud
authors.affiliation: Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy Referral Center, Antoine Béclère University Hospital, AP-HP, Clamart, France. elisabeth.briand@abc.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Briand-Huchet
authors.affiliation: Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy Referral Center, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France. APMichardlenoir@chu-grenoble.fr.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Michard-Lenoir
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Saint Etienne University Hospital, Saint Etienne, France. hugues.patural@chu-st-etienne.fr.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Patural
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Robert Debré University Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France. stephane.dauger@rdb.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dauger
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Armand Trousseau University Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France. sylvain.renolleau@nck.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Renolleau
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Department, Jean Verdier University Hospital, AP-HP, Bondy, France. anne-marie.teychene@jvr.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Teychéne
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Department, Cornouaille Hospital, Quimper, France. s.henry@ch-cornouaille.fr.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Reine Fabiola University Children's Hospital, Brussels, Belgium. dominique.biarent@huderf.be.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Biarent
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Department, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France. c.robin@chu-poitiers.fr.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robin
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Department, Orleans Hospital, Orleans, France. evelyne.werner@chr-orleans.fr.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.affiliation: Forensics and Pathology Department, Raymond Poincaré University Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France. caroline.rambaud@rpc.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rambaud
mesh_terms: D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology*; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015370:Infant Equipment / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Asphyxia; Baby carriers; Baby slings; Sudden infant death syndrome; Sudden unexpected death in infancy