PEDIATRICS Vol. 77 No. 3 March 1986, pp. 369-370
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Fatal Aspiration of a Makeshift Pacifier

CDR E. W. Millunchick MC, USN1 and R. D. McArtor MC, USN1

1 The US Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida

A case is presented of an infant who aspirated the nipple from a makeshift pacifier. The use of makeshift pacifiers is widely practiced at hospital nurseries throughout the United States and should stop immediately.

Key Words: aspiration • nursery • pacifier

Submitted on March 29, 1985
Accepted on June 12, 1985




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