For children under the age of one, however, sleep sometimes becomes permanent. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is defined as the sudden death of an infant without an explainable cause, usually ...

Pacifier use at sleep time decreases sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) risk. It is yet unclear whether pacifier use can modify the impact of other sleep-related factors upon SIDS risk.

J.J. Filiano and H.C. Kinney (Biol. Neonate 1994) described a triple-risk model of SIDS. According to this model, SIDS may result from the intersection of three overlaping factors : (i ...