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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

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• 1.   An 8 year study of risk factors for SIDS: bed-sharing versus non-bed-sharing

  The aim of this study was to measure the effect of bed-sharing during the last sleep period on risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: It is unclear if it is safe for babies to bed share with adults. In Ireland 49% of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) cases occur when the infant is bed-sharing with an adult. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of bed-sharing during the last sleep period on risk factors for SIDS in Irish infants. DESIGN: An 8 year (1994-2001) population based case control study of 287 SIDS more...

  International Classification:

  Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified- Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality - Sudden infant death syndrome

  Categories:

  bed-sharing; sudden infant death syndrome

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Arch Dis Child, Vol: 91 Page: 318-23 April 2006
  C. McGarvey; M. McDonnell; K. Hamilton; M. O'Regan; T. Matthews

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• 2.   Are carbon dioxide detectors useful in neonates?

  This article discusses the use of carbon dioxide detectors in neonates

  

  Abstract:

  Maintenance of neonatal normocarbia may prevent chronic lung disease and periventricular leucomalacia, but this requires frequent arterial sampling, which has risks. Alternative methods for measuring CO2 are therefore desirable. These include end tidal CO2, capillary sampling, and transcutaneous measurements. CO2 detectors have also proved effective and rapid indicators of endotracheal more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, Vol: 91 Page: F295-8 July 2006
  E. J. Molloy; K. Deakins

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• 3.   Social support for first-time mothers: an Irish study

  This study examined support needs, formal and informal support networks, and types of support provided to first-time mothers for infant care practices at 6 weeks after delivery in Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  PURPOSE: To identify support needs, formal and informal support networks, and types of support provided to first-time mothers for infant care practices at 6 weeks after delivery in Ireland. METHODS: This was a quantitative descriptive design that used a 28-item questionnaire to measure social support needs and formal and informal support networks in the context of infant care practices. more...

  International Classification:

  Health service provision

  Categories:

  support for first-time mothers

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs, Vol: 32 Page: 368-74 2007 Nov-Dec
  P. Leahy-Warren

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