How might non nutritional sucking protect from sudden infant death syndrome
| Autor: | Sabrina Oneto, Bruno Zavala Abed, Alejandro D. Chediak, Alexandre R. Abreu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Mechanism (biology) Thumb sucking Infant General Medicine Sudden infant death syndrome Pacifiers Review article 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Pacifier medicine Humans Life saving Intensive care medicine business Sudden Infant Death 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Medical Hypotheses. 143:109868 |
| ISSN: | 0306-9877 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109868 |
| Popis: | Epidemiology has identified an association between the use of pacifiers and protection from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The use of pacifiers for SIDS prevention fails to gain adoption partly because there is no widely accepted physiologic mechanism to explain the epidemiologic association. Additionally, the scientific literature available on pacifier use focuses largely on the probable adverse effects. We hypothesize that pacifier use and all other forms of non-nutritional sucking (specifically digit sucking, also known as thumb sucking) is a life saving defense mechanism meant to splint open and stabilize the collapsible portion of the upper airway in infants.The main objective of this review article is to propose a mechanism to explain how pacifiers might help prevent SIDS. If the medical community accepts this mechanism, it can help promote pacifier use by the public and potentially reduce the incidence of SIDS. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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