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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), sometimes known as cot death or crib death, is the sudden unexplained death of a child of less than one year of age. Diagnosis requires that the death remain unexplained even after a thorough autopsy and detailed death scene investigation. [ 2 ]
Babies at risk for SIDS might have underlying conditions a blood screening could eventually predict, according to a new study.
SUDC is similar in concept to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Like SIDS, SUDC is a diagnosis of exclusion, the concrete symptom of both being death. However, SIDS is a diagnosis specifically for infants under the age of 12 months while SUDC is a diagnosis for children 12 months and older.
The Mayo Clinic notes that SIDS can happen to any baby, with males slightly more at risk than females. Our 4-year-old son, Matthew, was born with my sister as a gestational carrier. Matthew knows ...
Intrauterine growth restriction may cause or be the result of hypoxia. Intrauterine hypoxia can cause cellular damage that occurs within the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). This results in an increased mortality rate, including an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Still grieving his little guy. Fifteen years after Lamar Odom’s 6-month-old son, Jayden, died of sudden infant death syndrome, the athlete opened up about his heartbreak. Lamar Odom’s Ups and ...
Sudden infant death with dysgenesis of the testes syndrome is a very rare hereditary disorder which is characterized by sudden, deadly cardiorespiratory arrest and testes dysgenesis. This condition is most common among the Old Order Amish in Pennsylvania .
Prior to expanded newborn screening, MCADD was an underdiagnosed cause of sudden death in infants. Individuals who have been identified prior to the onset of symptoms have an excellent prognosis . MCADD is most prevalent in individuals of Northern European Caucasian descent, with an incidence of 1:4000 to 1:17,000 depending on the population.