Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): Cot Death

10.5580/14a4 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽  
Infant Death ◽  
Sudden Infant Death ◽  
Sudden Infant ◽  
Cot Death

Cot death and myocarditis

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Rambaud ◽  
Cécile Cieuta ◽  
Danielle Canioni ◽  
Christine Rouzioux ◽  
Jean Lavaud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽  
Infant Death ◽  
Inflammatory Cells ◽  
Sudden Infant Death ◽  
Neurological Involvement ◽  
Sudden Infant ◽  
Cot Death ◽  
Cellular Necrosis ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Epidemiological Characteristics

SummaryWe have investigated the hearts from 153 infants found dead in their cots at ages ranging from one month to one year. The deaths occurred over a period of five years (January 1986 to December 1990) and were studied in a center for the study of the sudden infant death syndrome located in Paris. The epidemiological characteristics of this group are:male predominance (sex ratio 1.43), age less than four months (82%), and a predominance of winter deaths. These are the characteristic features ofthe sudden infant death syndrome. Ofthe 143 children studied with the permission of their parents, 24 (16.8%–12 girls and 12 boys) had histological lesions consistentwith myocarditis according to the Dallas criteria. The histological diagnosis of myocarditis is based on the association of cellular necrosis with a mononuclear or mixed inflammatory infiltrate. Cytoplasmic vacuolization, the presence of inflammatory cells in myocytes, and rupture of the cell walls of myocardial fibres are the equivalent histological signs of cellular necrosis. Myocarditis was diversely associated with respiratory, hepatic, muscular, gastrointestinal and/or neurological involvement. Twelve infants had previously been ill. Two died during the course of a serious illness. In only four cases was a viral association demonstrated. This incidence of myocardial involvement, similar to thatdescribed elsewhere in the literature, suggests that myocarditis could be a pathogenic explanation of some deaths thought on general autopsy investigation to be sudden and unexplained.

Clothing and bedding and its relevance to sudden infant death syndrome: Further results from the New Zealand Cot Death Study

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 506-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. WILSON ◽  
B. J. TAYLOR ◽  
R. M. LAING ◽  
S. M. WILLIAMS ◽  
E. A. MITCHELL ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽  
Infant Death ◽  
Sudden Infant Death ◽  
Sudden Infant ◽  
Cot Death

Distinguishing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome From Child Abuse Fatalities

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽  
Infant Death ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Sudden Infant Death ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sudden Infant ◽  
Death Scene ◽  
Battered Child ◽  
Cot Death

Public and professional awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has increased in the 28 years since the establishment of the National Sudden Infant Death Foundation, now called the National SIDS Alliance.1 Similarly, awareness of child abuse has increased in the 30 years since the publication of the first article on the battered child.2 In the majority of cases, when an infant younger than 1 year dies suddenly and unexpectedly, the cause is SIDS. Sudden infant death syndrome is far more common than infanticide. In a few difficult cases, legitimate investigations for possible child abuse have resulted in an insensitive approach to grieving parents or caretakers. This statement provides professionals with information and guidelines to avoid distressing or stigmatizing families of SIDS victims while allowing accumulation of appropriate evidence in the uncommon case of death by infanticide. INCIDENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Sudden infant death syndrome, also called crib or cot death, is "the sudden death of an infant under 1 year of age which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and a review of the clinical history." 3 Sudden infant death is the most common cause of death between I and 12 months of age. Eighty percent of cases occur before age 5 months, with a peak incidence between 2 and 4 months of age. Sudden infant death syndrome occurs in 1.5 to 2 per 1000 live births, resulting in 6000 to 7000 infant deaths each year in the United States.4

scholarly journals Bed sharing, smoking, and alcohol in the sudden infant death syndrome. New Zealand Cot Death Study Group.

BMJ ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 307 (6915) ◽  
pp. 1312-1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Scragg ◽  
E A Mitchell ◽  
B J Taylor ◽  
A W Stewart ◽  
R P Ford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽  
Infant Death ◽  
Sudden Infant Death ◽  
Sudden Infant ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Bed Sharing ◽  
Cot Death

scholarly journals The battle with uneven opponent – Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-135
Author(s):  
Paulina Pisaniak ◽  
Dominika Piękoś ◽  
Katarzyna Bąk ◽  
Patryk Stokłosa ◽  
Dorota Ozga
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽  
Infant Death ◽  
Sudden Infant Death ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Sudden Infant ◽  
Cot Death ◽  
Educational Campaigns

AbstractSIDS is one of the biggest problems of modern medicine. In the diagnosis of SIDS, we take into account all possible diseases that may be the cause of death, as well as factors indicating an accident or murder. The etiology of SIDS is not yet known. There are several pathogenetic concepts, most of which refer to pathophysiological changes associated with nervous system hypoplasia. The most important risk factors include the effects of tobacco smoke, obstetric history, and incorrect sleep position. The role of risk factors in the pathogenesis of SIDS and their interdependence is still the subject of many studies. There are many theories developed on this subject, but none have been supported by scientific research and which is extremely difficult to carry out in this group of newborns. In most cases, medical help finds a newborn already dead, so it is difficult to say what is the main cause or marker of cot death. A considerable success in preventing the onset of sudden infant death syndrome turned out to be educational campaigns for parents - in order to follow up, an information leaflet was prepared with the basic recommendations in the prevention of SIDS. Among the parents of newborn children there are still many controversial opinions about risk factors in the onset of sudden infant death syndrome, the article contains and explains the meaning of individual activities that are considered to predispose to SIDS.

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