Amira Is Concerned About Putting Her Baby on His Stomach

question 116

Multiple Choice

Amira is concerned about putting her baby on his stomach to sleep because of the risk that he might stop breathing, usually during the night, and die suddenly without an apparent cause. In other words, she is concerned about

• A) shaken baby syndrome.
• B) sudden infant death syndrome.
• C) Down syndrome.
• D) marasmus.

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