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Accidental infant death and stroller-prams.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8709876     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A three-month-old boy and an eight-month-old boy died from accidental positional asphyxia and hanging, respectively, after being placed to sleep unsupervised in stroller-prams. Both infants had moved down towards the fronts of the stroller-prams. The younger infant fell out when the footplate collapsed and he was found hanging from a metal bar on the side. The older infant had partly slipped through the front and was suspended with his head and arms within the stroller-pram and with his face pushed firmly into the mattress by a horizontal metal bar. Stroller-prams are a potentially dangerous sleeping environment unless infants are closely supervised, gaps in the front of stroller-prams closed and upright footplates stabilised.
Authors:
R W Byard; S M Beal; A Simpson; R F Carter; T Y Khong
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Medical journal of Australia     Volume:  165     ISSN:  0025-729X     ISO Abbreviation:  Med. J. Aust.     Publication Date:  1996 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-09-12     Completed Date:  1996-09-12     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0400714     Medline TA:  Med J Aust     Country:  AUSTRALIA    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  140-1     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, SA. rbyard@mad.adelaide.edu.au
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Airway Obstruction / etiology*
Asphyxia / etiology*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Infant
Infant Equipment / adverse effects*
Male

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