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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) - References

Citations

American Academy of Pediatrics (2005, reaffirmed 2008). 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.

Hauck F, et al. (2005). Do pacifiers reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 116(5): 716-723.

Other Works Consulted

Hunt CE, Hauck FR (2007). Sudden infant death syndrome. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 1736-1742. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

Kerby GS, et al. (2009). Sudden infant death syndrome section of Respiratory tract and mediastinum. In WW Hay Jr et al., eds., Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Pediatrics, 19th ed., pp. 516-517. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Kinney HC, Thach BT (2009). The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine, 361(8): 795-805.

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.

Sosinsky LS, Gilliam WS (2007). Child care. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 81-86. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

Vennemann MM, et al. (2009). Does breastfeeding reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome? Pediatrics, 123(3): e406-e410.

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Last Updated: May 17, 2011

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