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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
SIDS; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome/sids |
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is any sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year. The term cot death is sometimes used in the United Kingdom, and crib death in North America. Diagnosis SIDS is a definition of exclusion and should only apply to an infant whose death is sudden and unexpected, and remains unexplained after the performance of an adequate postmortem investigation including (1) an autopsy, (2) investigation of the scene and ci ...
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Articles
- Bed Sharing with Siblings, Soft Bedding, Increase SIDS Risk
... Infants who share a bed with other children are at a higher risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) than are other infants, according to the most recent analysis of a study of predominantly Africa... - Higher SIDS Risk Found in Infants Placed in Unaccustomed Sleeping Position
... Infants accustomed to sleeping on their backs who are then placed to sleep on their stomachs or sides are at an increased risk for SIDS — greater than the increased SIDS risk of infants always pl... - Summits Seek to Reduce SIDS Risk In African American Community
... In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has joined forces with three national African American Women's organizations in a year-lo...
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