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11/19/2024
Lisa Robinson
630-626-6084
lrobinson@aap.org
Unsafe sleep practices may be a more common cause of sudden unexpected infant death cases where children are born exposed to drugs, according to a new study. The article, “Sleep-Related Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Among Infants Prenatally Substance Exposed,” published in the December edition of Pediatrics, looked at data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention SUID and Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry. Data showed that of 2,010 infants with sleep related deaths, 14% had been born drug exposed with nearly a third of all infants dying from suffocation. Among the sleep-related deaths, about half happened in an adult bed with infants sharing the space with a sleeping adult. Overall, 1 in 4 deaths of prenatally exposed infants involved supervisors who were both impaired and bedsharing. Non-Hispanic white infants were disproportionately impacted, making up nearly half of those prenatally exposed who died in their sleep. These infants were also more likely to be exposed to social drivers of poor health and family vulnerability such as poverty and barrier to prenatal care. Study authors advocated for expanded prevention efforts such as safe sleep messaging while arguing more needs to be done to address the social needs of these families.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
11/19/2024
Lisa Robinson
630-626-6084
lrobinson@aap.org