Sudden infant death syndrome and ventilatory control.

Sudden infant death syndrome and ventilatory control.

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...

The sudden infant death syndrome.

From the Department of Pathology, Chil­ dren’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School — both in Boston (H.C.K.); and the Department of Pediatrics, Washing­ ton University School of Medicine, St. Louis (B.T.T.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Kinney at the Department of Pathol­ ogy, Enders Bldg. 1112, Children’s Hospi­ tal Boston, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, or at hannah.kinney@childrens...

Thermal environment and sudden infant death syndrome: case-control study.

OBJECTIVE To compare the thermal environment of infants who died of the sudden infant death syndrome with that of age matched control infants. DESIGN Case-control study. Infants who died were matched with two controls, one for age and one for age and birth weight. Thermal measurements were conducted at the death scene for cases and at the scene of last sleep for control infants, who were visi...