Baby monitors do not prevent sudden infant death syndrome

The so-called baby monitors to monitor respiratory function, designed to prevent sudden infant death syndrome, have not proven to be effective. To such conclusion the British scientists from the University of Sheffield.

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Baby monitors   to monitor respiratory function promoted in the market as Effective means for preventing syndrome Sudden Infant Death Which should reassure the most nervous parents. Miniature Soup must monitor critical indicators of child health but in fact they do not have any proven beneficial properties. Better Furthermore, these devices may even inspire parents a false sense of security as UK researchers found.

Baby Monitor

By themselves, baby monitors   monitor the baby's heartbeat and his breathing. Their popularity around the world is increasing and manufacturers are rewarded with new Soup and new benefits. So an American company claims that its Baby Monitor inform parents if a heartbeat or the level of consumption oxygen at their kid something happens. Another gadget promises immediately inform the parents if the baby start breathing problems.

Researchers from Sheffield warn that no clinically proven beneficial properties of the data no instruments. And they definitely did not prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome . Besides addition, these devices do not have regulatory approval and in scientific literature is no published studies that have proved that These devices do something helpful.

Professor Pediatrics David King recalled that in 1980 and 1990 years, the market has been a great many of these gadgets, which were aimed at preventing SIDS, but numerous studies have shown that the health of infants, they It does not help. (READ MORE)

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