Address:
Scottish Cot Death Trust
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Yorkhill
Glasgow
G3 8SJ
Telephone:
0141 357 3946
Fax:
0141 334 1376
Email:
contact@scottishcotdeathtrust.org
Website:
www.scottishcotdeathtrust.org
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- New & Expectant Parents
- What is cot death?
- Are some babies more at risk?
- Reducing the risks of cot death
- New “Reduce the Risks” leaflet
- Keeping your baby safe during pregnancy
- Keeping your baby safe in the first year
- If your baby is premature
- Frequently asked questions
- Does breastfeeding protect my baby from cot death?
- Does having my baby immunised increase the risk of cot death?
- Is it dangerous for our baby to sleep in our bed?
- Do I need a new mattress for each baby?
- Should the baby sleep in his/her own room or our bedroom?
- Can I take my baby in an aeroplane?
- My baby keeps turning onto his tummy in his cot – what should I do?
- I want to breastfeed my baby in my bed during the night, but I am worried about the risks of cot death. What advice can you give me?
- What kind of bedding is safest for my baby?
- By always placing my baby on his back, to sleep, I’m worried he’ll develop a “flat head”. What advice can you give me?
- Is it safe for my twins to share a cot?
- My baby was born prematurely, and I’ve heard it is safer to have him sleep in his own cot in my room for the first 6 months. Does this mean 6 months from his actual birth date, or 6 months from his “due” date?
- Can I use a duvet, quilt or pillow for my baby?
- Can my baby use a sleeping bag?
- Request a talk about cot death
- Professionals
- What is cot death?
- Are some babies and children at greater risk?
- Reducing the risks of cot death
- Statistics
- Responding when a baby or child dies suddenly and unexpectedly
- Support available from the Scottish Cot Death Trust
- Next Infant Support Programme
- Training & Resources for professionals
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- Research
- Research meeting – 7th September 2011, Glasgow
- Applying for a grant
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Seratonin: The Genetic Segue
- Safe Sleeping: Does swaddling improve infant sleep without decreasing arousability?
- Disruptions in the balance between Placental Villous Trophoblast Proliferation and Apoptosis in IUGR and SIDS and the consequences for foetal growth.
- Carbon monoxide: A possible risk factor for SIDS (University of Florence, Italy)
- Multiple Serotonergic Brainstem Abnormalities in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome – Dr David Paterson, Boston Children’s Hospital
- An Evaluation of Cot Mattresses and their Covers as Reservoirs of Toxigenic Bacteria (De Montfort University, Leicester)
- The molecular basis of intrauterine growth retardation in cases of sudden and unexpected death in infancy (University of Dundee)
- Smokechange: Smoking Cessation during Pregnancy A Randomised Controlled Trial of Home-based Motivational Interviewing (University of Glasgow)
- Apolipoprotein E Genotype: A comparison and SIDS and known causes of death in infancy (University of Edinburgh)
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