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US 6,333,055 B1Granted
Use of ammonium compounds and/or urea
OwnerLars Wiklundinventor
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The use of a physiologically innocuous ammonium compound and/or urea as an additive to an infant formula or a pap or for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is disclosed as is also an infant formula or a pap which in addition to conventional ingredients contains a physiologically innocuous ammonium compound and/or urea. Futhermore, a method of preventing SIDS is disclosed, which method comprises administering to the infant an infant formula or a pap as indicated above, and a method for the prophylaxis of SIDS, wherein a pharmaceutical composition containing a physiologically innocuous ammonium compound and/or urea is administered to the infant or the appropriately selected or modified non-pathogenic, urease-producing bacteria are supplied to the gastrointestinal tract of the infant. Finally a method for the diagnosis of the risks for SIDS is disclosed according to which method the faeces of the infant are analyzed with respect to the presence of urea, urease activity and/or ammonium ions, the presence of urea, the absence or abnormally low urease activity and ammonium ion, respectively, indicating risks for SIDS.
A composition for reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in infants who have abnormally high intact urea concentration, abnormally low urease activity or abnormally low ammonium ion concentration in their feces, comprising an infant formula or pap and an effective amount of ammonium chloride as an additive to said infant formula or pap, wherein said effective amount of ammonium chloride is sufficient to reduce the risk of SIDS in infants who have abnormally high intact urea concentration, abnormally low urease activity or abnormally low ammonium ion concentration in their feces.
A method of reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in infants who have abnormally high intact urea concentration, abnormally low urease activity or abnormally low ammonium ion concentration in their feces comprising:
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