Elder Dawn E, Larsen Peter, Zuccollo Jane M
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, P.O. Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2008;4(3):167-9. doi: 10.1007/s12024-008-9026-z. Epub 2008 Mar 8.
We report the case of an infant found dead in bed with an adult while attached to a respiratory monitor sensor. We experimentally re-created a bed-sharing situation with an infant mannequin to demonstrate that a Graseby home apnea monitor continues to sense adult breathing and movement in the absence of infant breathing when used in this sleep situation.