Hi Mary Ann,
In light of your comments I've rechecked the links I previously posted and
realized I made a typo.
I researched the McKenna article and agree with you, that McKenna does not
recommend against co-sleeping.
The link I meant to send is the study in: PEDIATRICS Vol. 103 No. 5 May
1999, p. e59
ELECTRONIC ARTICLE:
Infant Mechanical Suffocation Deaths in the
United States, 1980-1997
Dorothy A. Drago, MA, MPH* and Andrew L. Dannenberg, MD, MPH
From the Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins University
School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
It can be viewed at:
http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/103/5/e59
Here is a snip:
"Conclusions. Suffocation hazards presented by beds, bedding, pillows, and
plastic bags continue to be underrecognized by
parents and caregivers. Bed-sharing and use of adult beds for infants should
be discouraged. Only complying cribs should be
used and maintained properly to ensure structural integrity. Suffocation
deaths involving plastics should be investigated to
determine the specific material characteristics and use patterns to design
more effective interventions than selective labeling. Key
words: suffocation, infants, beds, cribs, co-sleeping."
Sorry for any confusion I've caused regarding the interpretation of the
McKenna study.
-Christine
-----Original Message-----
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Christine Montano <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Friday, July 16, 1999 5:00 AM
>Subject: co-sleeping and SIDS
>
>
>>AAPs policy statement against co-sleeping can be viewed at:
>>http://www.aap.org/policy/pe000272.html
>>
>>May 1999 news release from AAP can be viewed at:
>>http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/mayinf.htm
>>
>>Another study about SIDS and positioning which recommends against
>>co-sleeping is:
>>
>>McKenna JJ, Mosko S, Dungy C, McAninch J. Sleep and arousal patterns of
>>co-sleeping human mother/infant
>>pairs: a preliminary physiological study with implications for the study
of
>>suddent infant death syndrome (SIDS). Am J
>>Phys Anthropol. 1990;83:331-347 and a policy statement about that study
can
>>be viewed at:
>>
>>http://www.aap.org/policy/04791.html
>>
>>Hope this helps.
>>Christine in Connecticut
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: M. O'Hara-Hawn <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 5:14 PM
>>Subject: co-sleeping and SIDS
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Do any of you have specifics of cases where medical examiners / coroners
>>>assumed that co-sleeping was causally related to an infant death, just
>>>because the infant happened to die while in the family bed? An Oregon
>>>coroner was brought up @ the Evergreen conference on parenting this
>>>spring, but without the specifics I need to try to write a response to an
>>>article in Pediatrics which concludes that co-sleeping should be
>>>prohibited. Thanks, MA
>>>
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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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