Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A Review

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant younger than age 12 months whose cause of death remains unknown despite a thorough death scene investigation, a review of the clinical history, and an autopsy. Despite the huge achievement of the Back...

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Published in:Pediatric annals 2018-03, Vol.47 (3), p.e118-123
Main Authors: Goldberg, Neal, Rodriguez-Prado, Yahdira, Tillery, Rebecca, Chua, Caroline
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Alaska Natives
Anatomy
Aspiration
Babies
Body Weight
Children & youth
Death
Environment
Ethnicity
Fatalities
Health Promotion - methods
Hospitals
Humans
Hypoxia
Infant
Infant Care - methods
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Meta Analysis
Mothers
Pathogenesis
Pathology
Pediatrics
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Pregnancy
Prenatal Care
Registries
Risk Factors
SIDS
Sleep
Sudden Infant Death - epidemiology
Sudden Infant Death - etiology
Sudden Infant Death - prevention & control
Sudden infant death syndrome
United States - epidemiology
Young Children
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Summary:Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant younger than age 12 months whose cause of death remains unknown despite a thorough death scene investigation, a review of the clinical history, and an autopsy. Despite the huge achievement of the Back to Sleep program, SIDS remains one of the leading causes of infant death in the United States. In recent years, the SIDS rate has remained stationary despite major public health efforts aimed at high-risk groups to improve sleep environment and strategies. This review focuses on SIDS epidemiology, pathogenesis and risk factors, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations on safe infant sleeping environment, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's multistate registry to improve knowledge on SIDS, evaluate trends, and analyze circumstances and events surrounding SIDS cases. [Pediatr Ann. 2018;47(3):e118-e123.].
ISSN:0090-4481
1938-2359
DOI:10.3928/19382359-20180221-03