Is the mattress important in helping babies keep warm?—Paradoxical effects of a sleeping surface with negligible thermal resistance

Background: Heavy wrapping and head covering are risk factors for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. A new mattress construction, PurFlo®, has extremely low thermal resistance, and when used with an infant sleeping bag minimizes the risk of head covering.

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