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Infant Sleep Safety: AAP Recommendations Explained - Frankly Speaking EP 32
In the US, about 3500 infants die annually due to sleep related deaths including SIDS, accidental strangulation, and suffocation. The AAP has recently updated its evidence-based practice recommendations in an effort to further reduce the risk of sleep related infant deaths. Join us as we discuss the implications of these guidelines – what are the barriers and practice strategies to help your families promote healthy sleep environments for their infants.
Episode references and resource links:
- Jenny Radesky, MD reviewing Gaw CE et al. Acad Pediatr 2017 Jul 16. Sleep Objects and Wedging Highlighted as Common Causes of Infant Death; http://www.jwatch.org/na44694/2017/07/31/sleep-objects-and-wedging-highlighted-common-causes-infant
- Moon RY and AAP Task Force On Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Evidence Base for 2016 Updated Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment. Pediatrics. 2016; 138(5): e20162940
- Wyckoff, A.S. Updated safe sleep guidance warns against using soft bedding, sofa sleeping; AAP News. October 24, 2016.
http://www.aappublications.org/news/2016/10/24/SIDS102416?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=TrendMD&utm_campaign=AAPNews_TrendMD_0
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Release Date: 9/4/2017
Expiration Date: 9/4/2019
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Frank J. Domino, MD
Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health,
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Susan Feeney, DNP, FNP, FAANP
Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Family Nurse Practitioner Track
UMMS GSN
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