Accidental Infant Suffocation

The unsolved problem of infant suffocation.

A Case of Accidental Suffocation in a Well

Tiiiv interesting letter from Dr. Rajandra Prasad on the above subject in the May number of the Indian Mcdical Gazette was found by nic a very opportune one, as similar cases occurred in Bulsar. On 16th June, 1929, in the afternoon I was sent for to render artificial respiration to 3 patients. The history was as follows:?A rice mill had a disused well in its compound, which for some reason or o...

Epidemiology of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, non-accidental poisoning, and non-accidental suffocation.

A two year prospective study was performed to determine the epidemiology of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, non-accidental poisoning, and non-accidental suffocation in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Cases were notified to the British Paediatric Association Surveillance Unit from September 1992 to August 1994 if a formal case conference had been held for the first time during that period to d...

US infant mortality trends attributable to accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed from 1984 through 2004: are rates increasing?

OBJECTIVE Accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed, a subgroup of sudden, unexpected infant deaths, is a leading mechanism of injury-related infant deaths. We explored trends and characteristics of these potentially preventable deaths. METHODS In this descriptive study, we analyzed US infant mortality data from 1984 through 2004. To explore trends in accidental suffocation and strangul...

Infant mechanical suffocation deaths in the United States, 1980-1997.

PURPOSE To document specific patterns and products associated with mechanical suffocation among infants younger than 13 months of age for the period 1980 to 1997. METHODOLOGY A total 2178 case summaries from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's Death Certificate File were reviewed. A computerized database was created for information about the infants, products, and patterns of suffocat...