Sudden infant death in history and literature.

Sudden infant death in history and literature.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death

Sudden infant death has haunted humanity since Biblical times, and many people are still confused about how to differentiate sudden infant death syndrome from other causes of sudden infant death, such as myocarditis or congenital heart disease. Because of the difficulty of diagnosis, the authors say that SIDS has become a “diagnostic dustbin,” but unnecessarily so. They provide the diagnostic c...

Mothers’ performance in prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Introduction: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) can cause a severe crisis for family. ‎The cause of SIDS is not known. But since putting infant in prone position, smoking mother, ‎poor prenatal care, sleeping beside infant and using soft matters and… are effective factors on ‎SIDS.‎ Objective: This study aims to survey mothers’ performance in prevention of SIDS...

Sudden infant death.

The association between Long QT syndrome (LQTS) and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) remains highly topical and even polarizing. Because the landmark Italian study of the QT interval and SIDS triggered extensive controversy, there has been a substantial and commendable effort to establish LQTS as one of the true causes of SIDS. The motivation underlying this effort is based on the fact that ...

Sudden infant death.

The association between Long QT syndrome (LQTS) and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) remains highly topical and even polarizing. Because the landmark Italian study of the QT interval and SIDS triggered extensive controversy, there has been a substantial and commendable effort to establish LQTS as one of the true causes of SIDS. The motivation underlying this effort is based on the fact that ...