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Prävention des Plötzlichen Kindstodes

Cot death prevention

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Zusammenfassung

Plötzlicher Kindstod ist eine Sammelbezeichnung für plötzliche, unerwartete und ungeklärte Todesfälle in der frühen Kindheit. Seine Ursachen sind vielfältig. Mindestens 10.000 dieser Todesfälle konnten in den letzten 20 Jahren durch Verbesserung der Schlafbedingungen im Säuglingsalter („Rückenlage im Schlafsack“) verhindert werden. Das in großen epidemiologischen Studien gesammelte und bestätigte Wissen über gesunde Schlafbedingungen muss an jede zukünftige Elterngeneration weitergegeben werden, um eine erneute Katastrophe durch unbedachte Einführung von „gut gemeinten Moden“ in die Säuglingsbetreuung zu verhindern.

Abstract

Cot death is a generic term for sudden, unexpected and unexplained death in infancy. It has numerous causes. More than 10,000 such deaths could be prevented in Germany over the past 20 years by changing infant sleeping conditions (“back position in a sleeping bag”). The body of knowledge which has been gathered and confirmed in epidemiological studies needs to be transferred to all future generations of parents in order to prevent a repetition of the disaster which occurred after the introduction of the “well-meant fashion” of the prone sleeping position.

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Abbreviations

BMBF:

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

BRD:

Bundesrepublik Deutschland

BzgA:

Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung

DDR:

Deutsche Demokratische Republik

ECAS:

European Concerted Action on SIDS

EU:

Europäische Union

EKG:

Elektrokardiographie

ICD-9, ICD-10:

International Classification of Diseases, 9. bzw. 10. Revision

LT:

Lebenstag

MAGS:

Ministerium für Arbeit, Gesundheit und Soziales

MCAD:

„medium chain acyl-coenzym A dehydrogenase“

NRW:

Nordrhein-Westfalen

OR:

Odds-Ratio (relatives Risiko): Risikoschätzer in Fall-Kontroll-Studien

PKU:

Phenylketonurie

PR:

Prävalenz: Häufigkeit in der Gesamtpopulation

QT:

Benennung zweier Ausschläge im EKG

RKI:

Robert Koch-Institut

SIDS:

„sudden infant death syndrome“

SUDI:

„sudden unexpected death of infancy“

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Jorch, G. Prävention des Plötzlichen Kindstodes. Monatsschr Kinderheilkd 158, 564–569 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00112-009-2159-7

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