Rebreathing expired gases from bedding: a cause of cot death?

Autor:	D P G Bolton, C. Cresswell, Angela J. Campbell, Barry J Taylor, Barbara C. Galland
Rok vydání:	1993
Předmět:	Bedding business.industry Poison control Sudden death Soft materials chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Anesthesia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Carbon dioxide Medicine Respiratory system business Rubber sheet Sudden infant death
Zdroj:	Archives of Disease in Childhood. 69:187-190
ISSN:	1468-2044 0003-9888
DOI:	10.1136/adc.69.2.187
Popis:	The reported association of cot death and sleeping prone could be due to rebreathing of expired gases. A mechanical model simulating the respiratory system of an infant, exhaling warm humidified air with an end tidal carbon dioxide of 5%, has been used to investigate this. Some commonly used bedding materials caused an accumulation of carbon dioxide of 7% to over 10% with the model lying face down. This phenomenon persisted even with the head inclined at 45 degrees, but only on very soft materials, and could be a cause of cot death in a baby unresponsive to asphyxial blood gas changes. A coir fibre mattress allowed complete dispersal of exhalate as did a rubber sheet between any mattress and the covering sheet.
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