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PMID: 22294475 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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ObjectiveTo identify potential risk factors for unexpected sudden infant deaths (SID) and severe apparent life-threatening events (S-ALTE) within 24 h of birth.DesignCase-control study embedded in an epidemiological survey over a 2-year period.Patients and methodsThroughout 2009, every paediatric department in Germany was asked to report cases of unexplained SID or S-ALTE in term infants with a 10-min Apgar score ≥8 to the Surveillance Unit for Rare Pediatric Conditions. Throughout 2010, the inclusion criteria were extended to infants ≥35 week gestational age and those where an explanation for the deterioration had been found. For each unexplained case, hospitals were asked to fill in a questionnaire for 3 (near-)term controls with good postnatal adaptation at the age (in minutes) when the event had occurred in the case under study.ResultsOf the 85 cases reported, 34 fulfilled the entry criteria; of these, two were near-term newborns and, in three cases, a cause had been identified for the event. For the 31 cases with unknown cause for the event (13 males; mean (SD) gestational age 38.9 (1.7) week), the authors gathered 93 controls (51 male infants; 38.9 (1.4) week). As significant risk factors for S-ALTE and SID, the authors could identify primipara (OR 6.22; 95% CI 2.11 to 18.32) and potentially asphyxiating position (OR 6.45; 95% CI 1.22 to 34.10).ConclusionsClose observation of newborns seems necessary, particularly in primipara; a potentially asphyxiating position should be avoided. |
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Anette Poets; Michael S Urschitz; Renate Steinfeldt; Christian F Poets |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-1-31 |
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Title: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition Volume: - ISSN: 1468-2052 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-2-1 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9501297 Medline TA: Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Neonatology, Tuebingen University Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany. |
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