Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

References

Citations

1. Brooks JG, Darnall RA (2001). Sudden infant death syndrome. In RA Hoekelman, ed., Primary Pediatric Care, 4th ed., pp. 1869–1875. St. Louis: Mosby.

2. Hunt CE, Hauck FR (2003). Sudden infant death syndrome. In RE Behrman, ed., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th ed., pp. 1380–1385. Philadelphia: Saunders.

3. Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, American Academy of Pediatrics (2005). The changing concept of sudden infant death syndrome: Diagnostic coding shifts, controversies regarding the sleeping environment, and new variables to consider in reducing risk. Pediatrics, 116(5): 1245–1255. Also available online: http://www.aap.org/ncepr/revisedsids.pdf.

4. Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, et al. (1999). Reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in Canada. Paediatrics and Child Health, 4(3): 223–224.

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6. Community Paediatrics Committee, Canadian Paediatric Society (2004). Recommendations for safe sleeping environments for infants and children. Paediatrics and Child Health, 9(9): 659–663. Also available online: http://www.cps.ca/english/statements/CP/cp04-02.htm.

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Other Works Consulted

• American Academy of Pediatrics (2005). Policy statement: The changing concept of sudden infant death syndrome: Diagnostic coding shifts, controversies regarding the sleeping environment, and new variables to consider in reducing risk. Pediatrics, 116(5): 1245–1255.

• Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, et al. (2001). Positional plagiocephaly and sleep positioning: An update to the joint statement on sudden infant death syndrome. Paediatrics and Child Health, 4(3): 223–224. Also available online: http://www.cps.ca/english/statements/IP/cps01-02.htm.

• Hunt CE, Hauck FR (2006). Sudden infant death syndrome. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 174(13): 1861–1869.

• Kline A, Gibson E (2006). Sudden infant death syndrome. In FD Burg et al., eds., Current Pediatric Therapy, 18th ed., pp. 258–260. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

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