OBJECTIVES To determine the role of heat stress in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by examining the SIDS rates during periods of extreme environmental temperatures in a period when most infants were placed prone for sleep. DESIGN A retrospective study of SIDS rates and mortality rates attributable to excessive environmental heat in relationship to climatologic temperature was performed. D...

The rate of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) declined significantly in Canada and the US between the late 1980s and the early 2000s. In the US, this decline was shown to be due in part to a shift in diagnosis, as deaths from accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed and from other ill-defined and unspecified cause increased concurrently. This study was undertaken to determine whether t...

Data from linked birth and death certificates from the State of Oregon were used to determine the monthly distribution of deaths from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) for the years 1976 through 1984. The monthly number of SIDS deaths increased in winter and decreased in summer, when schools usually are not in session. Absences from kindergarten were determined from school records for the per...

A failure of cardiorespiratory control mechanisms, together with an impaired arousal from sleep response, is believed to play an important role in the final event of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The ‘Triple Risk Model’ describes SIDS as an event that results from the intersection of three overlapping factors: (1) a vulnerable infant, (2) a critical development period in homeostatic ...

Energy efficiency and conservation policy continues to take the proverbial “backseat” energy access renewable discourses in small island developing states (SIDS). In this study, we intend motivate agenda encourage more action. To do so, review current challenges SIDS role of addressing those challenges, discuss trends rate improvement SIDS, exhibit an updated list programs initiatives being imp...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended since 1992 that infants be placed to sleep on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Since that time, the frequency of prone sleeping has decreased from >70% to ;20% of US infants, and the SIDS rate has decreased by >40%. However, SIDS remains the highest cause of infant death beyond the neonatal period, and ther...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended since 1992 that infants be placed to sleep on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Since that time, the frequency of prone sleeping has decreased from >70% to ;20% of US infants, and the SIDS rate has decreased by >40%. However, SIDS remains the highest cause of infant death beyond the neonatal period, and ther...

Based on strong research evidence: All infants should be placed in the supine position for every sleep. Tobacco exposure pre- and postnatally should be avoided. Room sharing without bed sharing is recommended. It is recommended that blankets, pillows, and other soft bedding be removed from the infant sleep area. Overheating should be avoided. Breastfeeding should be encouraged for SIDS risk red...

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a multifactorial disorder in which newborns tragically die in their sleep for no obvious reason and without prior warning. SIDS is defined as “the sudden death of an infant which is unexpected by history, and in which a full postmortem examination fails to demonstrate an adequate cause of death.”1 Although SIDS may occur in more than one child in a family,...

THE AVERAGED auditory brainstem responses are effectively utilized to determine hearing sensitivity in neonates and infants, ~, 2 and for the detection of brainstem lesions in neuro!ogic disease? In addition, they may also be used as measures of peripheral auditory pathway maturation 4,5 and to monitor the outcome of perinatal asphyxia. 6 Recently, a controversyJhas developed over the condition...