PMID- 30536894 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200611 LR - 20200611 IS - 1651-2227 (Electronic) IS - 0803-5253 (Linking) VI - 108 IP - 4 DP - 2019 Apr TI - Infants who die in shared sleeping situations differ from those who die while sleeping alone. PG - 611-614 LID - 10.1111/apa.14692 [doi] AB - AIM: To determine whether there are differences between infants who are sharing a sleeping surface with others, compared to those who die alone. METHODS: A literature review was undertaken of PubMed and Google Scholar databases using search terms: sudden infant death syndrome, SIDS, co-sleeping and overlaying. RESULTS: Statistically significant differences were found between the two groups in the sex ratios, and in staining of brain sections for beta-amyloid precursor protein (beta-APP), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labelling (TUNEL). There were also higher numbers of nucleated red blood cells (nRBCs) in the peripheral blood of infants who died while co-sleeping. CONCLUSION: The results demonstrate differences between infants who are sharing a sleeping surface with others, compared to those who die alone. It is likely, therefore, that lethal mechanisms for some shared sleepers are not the same as for SIDS infants sleeping alone, and may involve suffocation. CI - (c)2018 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Collins-Praino, Lyndsey E AU - Collins-Praino LE AD - Discipline of Anatomy and Pathology, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia. FAU - Byard, Roger W AU - Byard RW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0524-5942 AD - Discipline of Anatomy and Pathology, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20190111 PL - Norway TA - Acta Paediatr JT - Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) JID - 9205968 SB - IM CIN - Acta Paediatr. 2019 Apr;108(4):586-587. PMID: 30859659 MH - Beds MH - Humans MH - Infant MH - Infant, Newborn MH - *Sleep MH - Sudden Infant Death/*epidemiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Asphyxia OT - Bed-sharing OT - Co-sleeping OT - Neuropathology OT - Overlaying EDAT- 2018/12/12 06:00 MHDA- 2020/06/12 06:00 CRDT- 2018/12/12 06:00 PHST- 2018/10/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/12/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/06/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/apa.14692 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Paediatr. 2019 Apr;108(4):611-614. doi: 10.1111/apa.14692. Epub 2019 Jan 11.