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Co-Sleeping

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  1. Definition
    1. Children who share same bed as their parents
  2. Epidemiology
    1. Incidence: General
      1. Preschool Children: 35-55%
      2. School Aged Children: 10-23%
    2. Incidence: Ethnic
      1. Hispanic Children: 90%
      2. African American: 70%
  3. Risks per U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
    1. Total of 515 deaths/8 years under age 2 in adult beds
    2. Suffocation by rolling over child: 25% of deaths
    3. Entrapment/suffocation by bed structure: 75% of deaths
  4. References
    1. Lozoff (1984) Pediatrics 74:171
    2. Madansky (1990) Pediatrics 86:197
    3. Nakamura (1999) Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 153:1019
    4. Thiedke (2001) Am Fam Physician 63(2):277

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