Two cases of apparent suffocation of newborns during side-lying breastfeeding

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 337-341

  Feldman, Kayla ^a   Whyte, Robin K ^b  

^a NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infant; Newborn; Sudden infant death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BODY POSTURE; BREAST FEEDING; BREASTFEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

BREASTFEEDING; INFANT; NEWBORN; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

ADULT; ASPHYXIA; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882784150     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-486X.12053     Document Type: Article

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