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The prone sleeping position has been implicated as an impetus of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in several retrospective studies, though the association is poorly understood. SIDS is the unexplained death of an otherwise healthy baby less than a year old and usually occurs during sleep. Data analysis from a case-control study and prospective cohort study in Tasmania, Australia, sought to identify conditions that potentiate the risk of SIDS in infants that were in the prone sleeping position. The results from this study indicate that four factors increase the risk of SIDS while prone: the use of natural fiber mattresses, swaddling, recent illness, and the use of heating in the bedroom.

Ponsonby, A.-L., Dwyer, T., Gibbons, L. E., Cochrane, J. A., & Wang, Y.-G. (1993). Factors potentiating the risk of sudden infant death syndrome associated with the prone position. New England Journal of Medicine, 329(6), 377–382. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199308053290601 .

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Cleary, G., Cleary, S. (2023). Sleeping Position and SIDS-1993. In: Russell, J., Skolnik, N.S. (eds) Top Articles in Primary Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25620-2_57

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