RT Book, Section
A1 Akopian, Erik
A1 Claudius, Ilene
A1 Tieder, Joel
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166592623
T1 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166592623
RD 2024/04/20
AB Sudden  infant  death  syndrome  (SIDS)  is  the  unexpected  death  of  an  infant  under  1  year  of  age  for  which  no  pathologic  cause  can  be  determined  by  an  examination  of  the  death  scene,  an  autopsy,  and  a  review  of  the  infant’s  medical  history.  SIDS  is  a  type  of  sudden  unexpected  infant  death,  a  term  that  encompasses  all  unexpected  infant  deaths,  both  deaths  from  SIDS  and  those  for  which  a  cause  is  ultimately  determined.1  Of  the  3500  U.S.  yearly  cases  of  sudden  unexpected  infant  death,  27%  to  43%  are  due  to  SIDS.2,3  A  number  of  other  terms  are  used  in  pediatrics  to  refer  to  sudden  and  unexpected  death.  Sudden  unexpected  death  of  an  infant  is  interchangeable  with  sudden  unexpected  infant  death,  and  sudden  death  in  the  young  (SDY)  refers  to  such  a  death  in  any  child  ≤19  years  old.  Sudden  unexplained  early  neonatal  death  is  limited  to  infants  succumbing  within  the  first  week  of  life  and  is  often  caused  by  congenital  abnormalities.  Sudden  intrauterine  unexpected  death  syndrome  refers  to  stillbirths  for  which  a  postmortem  exam  cannot  identify  a  cause,  and  sudden  unexpected  death  in  epilepsy  is  an  unexpected  death  in  an  individual  with  epilepsy  (excluding  trauma  or  drowning)  in  which  a  postmortem  exam  does  not  reveal  an  anatomic  or  toxicologic  cause.