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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| 邓亮生教授 (化学病理学系) |
| 蔡继洲博士 (那打素护理学院) |
| 杜家辉教授 (病理解剖及细胞学系) |
| Professor Edmund Anthony Severn NELSON (儿科学系) |
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摘要Aim: To document causes of all unexpected child deaths under 2 years of age during a 4-year period (1999-2003), and to identify factors associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Hong Kong. Methods: The case-control component of the study compared information from SIDS deaths (n=16) with healthy controls (n=223) identified randomly from all births in Hong Kong. Coroner records of all deaths under 2 years of age were later reviewed. Results: SIDS risk factor included prone sleep position, smoking by mother, bedsharing with someone other than the parents, and baby found with head covered. Eighteen deaths were officially classified as SIDS but, on review of the coroner records, there were 33 potential SIDS deaths (many labelled as unascertained/unknown). Conclusion: Hong Kong SIDS incidence has fallen from 0.3/1000 (95% CI: 0.18-0.46 in 1987) to 0.16/1000 (95% CI: 0.http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/11-0.22 in 1999-2002). Despite the small number of cases, key SIDS risk factors are shown to be important in this population. Hong Kong needs to take steps to standardise the investigation and management of these deaths and to establish a child mortality review mechanism to provide feedback to the public, to the health authorities, and to health professionals. ? NZMA.
着者Nelson E.A.S., To K.-F., Wong Y.-Y., Dickinson J.A., Choi K.-C., Yu L.-M., Ou Y., Chow C.-B., Wong E., Tang N.L.S., Hjelm M., Chen L.
期刊名称New Zealand Medical Journal
出版年份2005
月份12
日期6
卷号http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/118
期次1227
出版社New Zealand Medical Association
出版地New Zealand
国际标準期刊号0028-8446
语言英式英语
