Should babies be left to sleep in infant car safety seats?

doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7580.0-b

BMJ 2006;333 (9 December), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7580.0-b

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Should babies be left to sleep in infant car safety seats?

Young infants should not be left unattendedto sleep in standard car safety seats as they may be at riskof hypoxia say Tonkin and colleagues (doi: 10.1136/bmj.39021.657083.47).They examined 43 consecutive infants presenting after an acutelife threatening event and found that nine had been asleep insuch seats at the time of a perceived change in colour and breathing.All infants seemed otherwise healthy. Car seats may cause forwardflexion of the neck and lead to impaired airway function andoxygen desaturation.

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Apparently life threatening events in infant car safety seats: Shirley L Tonkin, Sally A Vogel, Laura Bennet, and Alistair Jan Gunn
BMJ 2006 333: 1205-1206. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]