I will point out that this has not yet been peer reviewed and we all (should) know correlation ≠ causation, but the international data collection is impressive, adding to eternal #circumcision debate
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/06/07/339465 … #pediatrics #firstdonoharm
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The research keeps pointing to infant male circumcision as the causation of SIDS. How can
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Technically, the 2012
@AmerAcadPeds statement says the risk-benefit ratio is reasonable for those who choose it (usually parents are doing it for cultural reasons) but don’t routinely recommend it. In comparison, VitK injection at birth is standard of care#Pediatrics4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Actually in the USA Docs and hospitals sell it as Medically necessary to prevent a whole host of diseases. It’s a Billion Dollar industry. Tho intactivist r using research to debunking their sales pitch to uninformed parents.
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Please avoid generalizing “docs and hospitals.” None of the places I’ve worked routinely recommended circ, and I wasn’t even trained to do it in residency. I only bring it up with parents if the boy has some condition that would actually be a contraindication, or they ask.
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I’ve only trained and worked in the USA, which would be obvious if you looked at my profile. Here is another reference that summarizes the debate and suggests how all parties can continue to provide education and have productive discussions http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2016/04/04/peds.2016-0594.full.pdf …
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http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0201445&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+plosone%2FPLoSONE+%28PLOS+ONE+-+New+Articles%29 …. This is a study performed in So Africa which was just released. I’ll read ur link.
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This article doesn’t really address the issue of infant circ as most of the men actually had it done later. The ones who had it done in hospital tended to be older, so that confounds the probability of already having HIV
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Thanks for stating that a trial in Africa on adult men "doesn't really address the issue of infant circ." It certainly doesn't address infant #circumcision in a developed country like the US. 1 of many reasons why #AAP circ policy is wrong to rely so heavily on such studies. #i2
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