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The Breys <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 14 May 1999 19:53:50 -0500
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Hello,
Our community recently had two infant deaths due what was determined to be
from 'co-sleeping'. One infant on a couch and the other on a bed.
Grapevine was that both families had parents who were out for the
evening....drinking (??)  The coroner sent a statement to discourage
co-sleeping because of these two incidents.  My first reaction was 'oh
great, another  parenting technique that provides warmth, security, trust
down the tubes'.

Funny that the ability of the parents to adequatly respond to their
sleeping newborn, or know that they rolled on top of them wasn't expored or
mentioned in the memo sent to all the doctors, hospitals, and public health
facilities.
Lucy

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> From: M. O'Hara-Hawn <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: Pediatrics "suffocation" article
> Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 1:01 PM
>
> For the record, to f/u a posting today, the above May 1999 Pediatrics
> 103(3) e 59 clearly states in the second line of the conclusion:
>
> "Bed-sharing and use of aculd beds for infants should be discouraged."
>
> I just finished analyzing the article with the head of our Epidemiology
> department.  As a case series without known denominators (and therefore
> the ability to determine relative risks of different sleeping locations),
> this recommendation stretches beyond their data, but will likely
> nevertheless be interpreted to reinforce professional recommendations
> against co-sleeping.  Misclassification is also a potential problem with
> the study, including in how the diagnoses of "suffocation", "beds" vs
> "cribs", and especially "overlaying" were made.  If the type of bed was
> not specified as a "crib" on the death certificates, it was assumed to be
> a parental bed.  However, the E codes used don't allow distinction
between
> the two...
>
> Just some thoughts as your respond to likely concern from parents and
> colleagues about this article.
>
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> MaryAnn O'Hara, MD, MSt
> Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
> University of Washington
> 1959 NE Pacific, Rm H-220 Health Sciences Center, Box 357183
> Seattle, WA 98195-7183
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