Just last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new “safe sleep” recommendations to protect against SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). These are the first updates to the recommendations since 2011. SIDS is an otherwise unexplained death of a child. The risk and incidence ...
The AAP recommends that doctors have open and nonjudgmental conversations with families about their sleep practices. Media outlets and advertisers may also play a role in educating parents by following safe sleep recommendations when presenting images and messages to the public. "We want to share this...
’ Your history will tell you which children need further objective evaluation, such as a sleep study."The guideline also recommends that the following subset of children be admitted as inpatients after tonsillectomy: those younger than age 3; those with severe OSAS on polysomnography; those with...
The task force, recognizing the controversial nature of the recommendations about bed-sharing and the different methods and interpretations of these 2 sets of analyses outlined previously, requested an independent review of both articles by Dr Robert Platt, a biostatistician with expertise in perinatal ...
AAP Task Force on sudden infant death syndrome: SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths: updated 2016 recommendations for a safe infant sleeping environment. Pediatrics 2016; 138: e20162938.Moon RY, Darnall RA, Feldman-Winter L et al. SIDS and other sleep-related in...
By: DOUG BRUNK, Clinical Neurology News Digital NetworkAn updated clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Pediatrics spells out which children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome who undergo adenotonsillectomy should be admitted as inpatients."That’s really important because the vast ...
The tool is based on recommendations from AAP policy statements,Media Use in School-Aged Children and AdolescentsandMedia and Young Mindsand the technical report,Children and Adolescents and Digital Media. Most importantly, the tool provides families with messages around open communication and reflection...
AHA/ ACCF/HRS recommendations for the standardization and interpretation of the electrocardiogram: part IV: the ST segment, T and U waves, and the QT interval: a scientific statement from the American Heart Associa- tion Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology; ...
AAP recommendations on creating a safe sleep environment include: Place the baby on his or her back on a firm sleep surface such as a crib or bassinet with a tight-fitting sheet. Avoid use of soft bedding, including crib bumpers, blankets, pillows and soft toys. The crib should be bare...
and monitoring of the infant. Most of the epidemiologic studies on which these recommendations are based include infants up to 1 year of age. Therefore, the AAP recommends that infants room-share, ideally for the first year after birth, but at least for the first 6 months. Although there is...