SIDS Risk Factors Vary for Older and Younger Babies

When a baby's death remains unexplained, it is said to be due sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Now, a new study, published today (July 14) in the journal Pediatrics, shows that the risk factors that contribute to SIDS vary with a baby's age. The majority of infants in the study younger than 4 months old who died while sleeping were bed sharing, whereas older infants who died were likelier to be found on their stomachs, or with blankets, stuffed animals or pillows around them, said study co-author Dr. Jeffrey Colvin, a pediatrician at Children's Mercy Hospital in Missouri. SIDS and unintentional injuries such as suffocation occur in 81 out of every 100,000 live births, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Read More http://ift.tt/1zAL1hF