Infant deaths and injuries associated with wearable blankets, swaddle wraps, and swaddling

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1152-1156

  McDonnell, Emily ^a   Moon, Rachel Y ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

AAP; American Academy of Pediatrics; Consumer Product Safety Commission; CPSC; SIDS; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWADDLE WRAP; SWADDLING; TOOTH EXTRACTION; WEARABLE BLANKET;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASPHYXIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CLOTHING; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRONE POSITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TOOTH INJURIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899064713     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.12.045     Document Type: Article

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