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 ...

BACKGROUND In the last 20 years, the prevention campaigns to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome were very successful. In some countries the advice to breastfeed is included in the campaigns' messages, but in other countries it is not. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between type of infant feeding and sudden infant death syndrome. METHODS The German Study of Sudden Infant D...

AIM To identify features to help paediatricians differentiate between natural and unnatural infant deaths. METHOD Clinical features of 81 children judged by criminal and family courts to have been killed by their parents were studied. Health and social service records, court documents, and records from meetings with parents, relatives, and social workers were studied. RESULTS Initially, 42 ...

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 ...

We use data from the 1985, 1987 and 1991 United States Vital Statistics Linked Infant Birth and Death Records to assess the effect of statelevel economic inequality on an infant’s probability of death. We find that economic inequality is associated with higher neonatal mortality even after we control mother’s age and race and state characteristics that are likely to be associated with both ineq...

SIDS: Sudden infant death syndrome. Unexplained death of an infant under 1 year; SUIDS: Sudden unexplained infant deaths caused by metabolic disorders; Hypothermia; Hyperthermia; Neglect; Homicide or accidental poisoning; Nutritional epidemiology: New field of medical research that studies relations between nutrition and health; Infant mortality: Rate of infant deaths during the first year afte...