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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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The aim of this study was to examine the epidemiological factors associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome to give a general profile of SID cases occurring in Ireland between the years 1993 to 1997
Abstract:
This paper examines some epidemiological factors associated with SIDS to give a general profile of SIDS cases occurring in Ireland between the years 1993 to 1997. There has been a dramatic decrease in the incidence of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in the Republic of Ireland in the last decade from an average rate of 2.2/1000 live-births in the 1980s to 0.8/1000 live-births in 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:
sudden infant death syndrome
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Ir Med J,
Vol: 93 Page: 264-8 December 2000
M. Mehanni; A. Cullen; B. Kiberd; M. McDonnell; M. O'Regan; T. Matthews
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The aim of this study was to examine wheeze, eczema and rhinitis in 6-7 year old Irish schoolchildren
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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of wheeze, eczema and rhinitis in 6-7 year old schoolchildren in Louth and Meath and assess their risk factors. The ISAAC (International Study for Asthma and Allergies in Childhood) questionnaire was used. The response rate was 64.1% (n = 1899). The prevalence rates for wheeze, eczema and rhinitis were 17.4%, 11.2% and 20.2% more...
International Classification:
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue - Dermatitis and eczema - eczema
Categories:
wheeze, eczema and rhinitis
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Ir Med J,
Vol: 96 Page: 102-4 April 2003
S. B. Harty; A. Sheridan; F. Howell; A. Nicholson
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