Carri Cottengim1,2, Sharyn E Parks3, Alexa B Erck Lambert4, Heather K Dykstra5, Esther Shaw5, Emily Johnston3, Christine K Olson3, Carrie K Shapiro-Mendoza3. 1. Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. ccottengim@cdc.gov. 2. Maternal and Infant Health Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, N.E. MS S107-2, Chamblee, GA, 30341, USA. ccottengim@cdc.gov. 3. Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. 4. DB Consulting Group, Inc., Silver Spring, MD, USA. 5. National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention, Michigan Public Health Institute, Okemos, MI, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To describe infant deaths where a u-shaped pillow was under or around an infant and to describe cases classified as Explained Suffocation. METHODS: We examined demographics and circumstances of 141 infant deaths during 2004-2015 in the US National Fatality Review Case Reporting System with u-shaped pillows in the sleep environment. RESULTS: Most infants were < 6 months old (92%), male (58%), non-Hispanic White (53%), and of the nine explained suffocation deaths, four occurred when the u-shaped pillow obstructed the infant's airway; five occurred when the infant rolled off the pillow and their airway was obstructed by another object. CONCLUSIONS FOR PRACTICE: Although infrequent, infant deaths with u-shaped pillows have occurred. Health care providers may include discussion of the importance of caregivers following infant product packaging precautions and warning labels for commonly used consumer products, such as u-shaped pillows in their advice to caregivers.
OBJECTIVES: To describe infant deaths where a u-shaped pillow was under or around an infant and to describe cases classified as Explained Suffocation. METHODS: We examined demographics and circumstances of 141 infant deaths during 2004-2015 in the US National Fatality Review Case Reporting System with u-shaped pillows in the sleep environment. RESULTS: Most infants were < 6 months old (92%), male (58%), non-Hispanic White (53%), and of the nine explained suffocation deaths, four occurred when the u-shaped pillow obstructed the infant's airway; five occurred when the infant rolled off the pillow and their airway was obstructed by another object. CONCLUSIONS FOR PRACTICE: Although infrequent, infant deaths with u-shaped pillows have occurred. Health care providers may include discussion of the importance of caregivers following infant product packaging precautions and warning labels for commonly used consumer products, such as u-shaped pillows in their advice to caregivers.
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NFR-CRS: National Fatality Review Case Reporting System; SIDS: sudden infant death syndrome; SUID: sudden unexpected infant death; Suffocation
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