Sudden Infant Death Syndrome-Part I: General Features

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...

Can general practitioners prevent the sudden infant death syndrome?

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...

Sudden unexpected infant death. I Paediatric counselling.

One baby in every 500 live births dies suddenly and unexpectedly. Sudden deaths, the most common kind of death among babies aged between one week and two years, rank third of all infant mortality after perinatal conditions and congenital anomalies,l and are among the most distressing and baffling tragedies faced by families, health professionals, and officials. In 1980, of the 3800 postperinata...