STUDY OBJECTIVE To examine and identify relations between sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and wind, particularly the föhn wind, in Christchurch, New Zealand. DESIGN A retrospective epidemiological study combining details of regional hourly meteorological variables and reported SIDS cases. SETTING Christchurch, New Zealand, between 1968 and 1997 inclusively. PARTICIPANTS All 646 infant...

Small island developing states (SIDS) are among the most vulnerable countries to impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, which is disrupting key economic sectors that SIDS’ undiversified and already fragile economies strongly rely upon. While they succeeding contain health emergency, SIDS faced with severe require bold government action adequate international support. This policy brief: (i) h...

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death in infants between the ages of 1 and 12 months in developed countries. SIDS is by definition a diagnosis of exclusion, and its mechanism of action is unknown. The SIDS-Critical Diaphragm Failure (CDF) hypothesis postulates that the cause of death in SIDS is respiratory failure caused by CDF. Four principal risk factors contribute...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To examine and identify relationships between the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and environmental temperature in Canterbury, New Zealand. DESIGN A retrospective epidemiological study combining details of regional hourly temperature and reported SIDS cases. SETTING Canterbury, New Zealand, between 1968 and 1989 inclusively. PARTICIPANTS All infants reported as dying f...

Immunoreactive expression of three cell death markers was quantitatively analysed in the human infant brainstem medulla. We assessed active caspase-3, TUNEL and single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in a cohort of 92 infants, and analysed for: (i) variations in the immunoreactive expression with development; (ii) comparison of infants diagnosed with the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS, n = 67) to infa...

BACKGROUND Twins compared to singletons are at increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). AIMS To compare the epidemiology of SIDS in twins and singletons and to test the hypothesis that monozygous (MZ) were at greater risk of SIDS than dizygous (DZ) twins. METHODS Data from the Office for National Statistics on all registered live births and infant deaths with registered cause ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between room ventilation during sleep and risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). DESIGN Population-based case-control study. SETTING Eleven California counties. PARTICIPANTS Mothers of 185 infants with a confirmed SIDS diagnosis and 312 randomly selected infants matched on county of residence, maternal race/ethnicity, and age. Intervention Fan use a...

Twins compared with singletons and monozygous (MZ) compared with dizygous (DZ) twins are at increased risk of fetal and infant death, cerebral palsy and many congenital anomalies. The aim of this study is to investigate whether zygosity is a risk factor for the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Birth registration data and draft infant death certificates for all multiple births in England and...

Total infant mortality in Hungary has been higher than other European countries; however, the reported incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been lower. The low incidence of SIDS in Hungary has been supported by evidence obtained from the high rate of scene of death investigation and medico-legal autopsy mandatory since the 1950s. In this study, we compared the incidence of expla...

BACKGROUND In the Netherlands, there is a very low incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) due to effective preventive campaigns. METHODS During the period September 1996 to August 2002, nationwide 161 deaths from SIDS (about 85% of all cases of SIDS during that time) were investigated by the Cot Death Committee of the Dutch Paediatric Association. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Over 10% o...