AIM To examine whether symptoms suggestive of infection, health problems, and health care utilisation are risk factors for SIDS. METHODS Matched case-control study with 333 SIDS infants and 998 control infants matched for region, age, gender, and reference sleep. Information was obtained by parental interview, paediatrician completed questionnaire, and hospital admission data. RESULTS No sy...

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 ...

In both North Carolina and the United States, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) occurs at an elevated rate among black infants compared to white infants. Relatively little is known about the causes of this racial disparity. Accordingly, the present study explores the extent to which a range of previously-identified risk factors may underlie racial differences in SIDS rates. To investigate the...

OBJECTIVES Our aim was to review the evidence for a reduction in the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) with pacifier ("dummy" or "soother") use, to discuss possible mechanisms for the reduction in SIDS risk, and to review other possible health effects of pacifiers. RESULTS There is a remarkably consistent reduction of SIDS with pacifier use. The mechanism by which pacifiers might re...

249 words (limit 250 words) Background: Recent case-control studies suggest the epidemiology of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) may have changed since the 1991 ‘Back to Sleep’ campaign and subsequent fall in rates. A unique collection of longitudinal data is used to measure these potential changes. Methods: Population-based data from home visits have been collected for 369 consecutive unexp...

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is death of an infant that is neither attributable to medical history nor explained after autopsy or by death scene investigation. SIDS is the leading cause of death in the first year of life after the neonatal period and is currently responsible for 0.53 deaths per 1000 infants. High incidence, catastrophic impact on affected families and absence of mechanis...

Within the past five years, the number of deaths attributed to the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has fallen dramatically in the UK,' 2 New Zealand,3 Australia,4 the Netherlands,5 Norway,6 Denmark,7 and Ireland.8 In England and Wales, the number of SIDS victims has fallen by nearly 70% from 1593 in 1988 to 531 in 19921 (see table 1). The decline has coincided with public health advice to a...

The sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is defined as sudden death in infants, unexpected by history, for which no cause is found at autopsy . The peak rate of SIDS occurs between and 3 months of life, and it is uncommon before 1 month and after 6 months (1) . Survivors of episodes that seem to be life threatening (apparent life-threatening events) are usually called near-miss for SIDS, or simp...

TOPICALITIES IN THE SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH SYNDROME IN INFANTS (Abstract): Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) represents the third cause in postnatal mortality. The pathogenesis is multifactorial. SIDS victims can present sign of preexisting chronic asphyxia, persistent increase in dendritic spine and delayed maturation of synapses in medullary respiratory centers, if a decreased reactivity o...

AIM To examine the acoustic features of crying demonstrated by infants whose older sibling died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and compare these features to a nonrisk group of infants. METHODS Pain-induced crying episodes were collected from a group of healthy term (HT) infants and siblings of SIDS infants. One complete crying episode was obtained from each infant and analyzed acousti...