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Aetiological associations in infantile colic: an hypothesis

David B. Thomas

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ABSTRACT. One hundred and thirty consecutively-born babies were studied prospectively to determine whether events during labour could predispose the infant to develop infantile colic. The incidence of colic was 35%. Significant factors in colicky babies were primiparous mothers, prolonged labour, forceps delivery and epidural anaesthesia.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Infantile colic, Etiology, Forceps delivery, Incidence (geometry), Forceps, Pediatrics, Obstetrics