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Despite the data from at least 13 retrospective studies and 1 prospective study, all of which found that the prone sleeping position increases the risk of the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS),¹ and despite an official recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1992 to place healthy infants on their sides or backs when readying them for sleep,² there is still considerable reluctance among pediatricians in Europe and the United States to change their advice on how parents should position their babies for sleep. This reluctance is probably due to the fact that there are no physiologic data to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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