PEDIATRICS Vol. 95 No. 3 March 1995, pp. 430-432
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Subsequent Siblings

Carl E. Hunt MD1

1 The CHIME Steering Committee, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH 43699-0008

Siblings of a prior SIDS victim are at increased risk for SIDS. Documented monitoring is cost-effective in siblings of prior SIDS infants,4 but cost has not yet been studied in any other infant groups. Although the clinical effectiveness of home infant monitoring has not yet been established for any infant group, documented monitoring is a technological advance that will play a critical role in determining whether home monitors can prevent infants from dying of SIDS. The importance of the Steinschneider study4 is therefore related not only to its role in clarifying the cost-effectiveness of documented monitoring in subsequent siblings, but also to its emphasis on the overall clinical usefulness of documented monitoring.

Submitted on September 16, 1994
Accepted on September 19, 1994