Pediatria pre prax 4/2009

Prone sleeping position as a risk factor for SIDS: firm-level evidence

The aim of the paper is to demonstrate a historical context of using biomedical literature for high-quality patient care, exemplified by an old enigma – sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Modern approaches of evidence based medicine, particularly critical appraisal of published studies and meta-analysis can contribute to developing sound recommendations for practice.

Keywords: SIDS, infant sleeping position, historical review, evidence based medicine.