Key result
Overheating, disordered thermoregulation, and prone sleeping remain strongly linked to SIDS.
Why the study?
Overheating or disordered thermoregulation may be responsible for some cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, but the mechanisms and interactions with sleeping position require review.
Does thermal stress and prone sleeping position increase the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in infants?
Does thermal stress and prone sleeping position increase the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in infants?
Thermal stress and disordered thermoregulation remain important risk factors for SIDS, particularly when interacting with prone sleeping and maternal smoking.
May warrant reinforced safe-sleep counseling; leaves open mechanistic research on thermoregulation in SIDS.
We review the evidence than overheating or disordered thermoregulation may be responsible for some cases of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Possible mechanisms for an interaction of thermal stress and the prone position are discussed with an emphasis on heat production and loss via the infant head. After the reduction in the prevalence of the prone position following "Back to Sleep" campaigns, and the emergence of cigarette smoking as a key risk factor, the role of disordered thermoregulation continues to be important in many cases of SIDS.
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Sawczenko et al. (1996) conducted a review in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Thermal stress and prone sleeping position was evaluated. Overheating, disordered thermoregulation, and prone sleeping position continue to be important risk factors in many cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
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