U-Shaped Pillows and Sleep-Related Infant Deaths, United States, 2004–2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Matern Child Health J
• Personal Author:
  Cottengim, Carri ; Parks, Sharyn E. ; Lambert, Alexa B. Erck ; Dykstra, Heather K. ; Shaw, Esther ; Johnston, Emily ; Olson, Christine K. ; Shapiro-Mendoza, Carrie K.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  • Asphyxia
  • Bedding and Linens
  • Cause of Death
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Risk Factors
  • Sudden Infant Death
  More +
• Keywords:
  • SIDS: sudden infant death syndrome
  • SUID: sudden unexpected infant death
  • NFR-CRS: National Fatality Review Case Reporting System
  • Suffocation
• Source:
  Matern Child Health J. 24(2):222-228
• Pubmed ID:
  31828577
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10961735
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/153522/cdc_153522_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 200.54 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:499a8373c027801061e1840dc1151c5a5dcda94f9b6d8f1173746210eb742b02