RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sleeping position for infants and cot death in The Netherlands 1985-91.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 660
OP 663
DO 10.1136/adc.69.6.660
VO 69
IS 6
A1 G A de Jonge
A1 R J Burgmeijer
A1 A C Engelberts
A1 J Hoogenboezem
A1 P J Kostense
A1 A J Sprij
YR 1993
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/69/6/660.abstract
AB Until the early 1970s the traditional sleeping position for Dutch infants was not prone. After a much publicised lecture in October 1987 on the possible relation between sleeping prone and cot death, the fairly new habit of placing infants prone is being replaced by more traditional positions. The decrease in the prevalence of the prone sleeping position has been documented in six studies. Since 1987 the incidence of registered cot deaths has decreased from 1.04/1000 live births in 1986 to 0.44 in 1991; the real decrease of sudden unexpected death in infancy, however, is greater.