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==Pathogenesis== | ==Pathogenesis== | ||
It is not understood. One hypothesis for SIDS is: immaturity of the arcuate nucleus of medulla (which control respiratory frequency).<ref name=Ref_PCPBOD8_251>{{Ref PCPBoD8|251}}</ref> | It is not understood. One hypothesis for SIDS is: immaturity of the arcuate nucleus of medulla (which control respiratory frequency).<ref name=Ref_PCPBOD8_251>{{Ref PCPBoD8|251}}</ref> | ||
===Risk factors=== | |||
*Low socioeconomic status. | |||
Note: | |||
*Breast feeding reduces the risk.<ref name=pmid22345043>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zotter | first1 = H. | last2 = Pichler | first2 = G. | title = Breast feeding is associated with decreased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. | journal = Evid Based Med | volume = | issue = | pages = | month = Feb | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1136/ebmed-2011-100337 | PMID = 22345043 }}</ref> | |||
==Diagnosis== | |||
*Diagnosis of exclusions with:<ref name=pmid22361390>{{Cite journal | last1 = Brion | first1 = M. | last2 = Allegue | first2 = C. | last3 = Santori | first3 = M. | last4 = Gil | first4 = R. | last5 = Blanco-Verea | first5 = A. | last6 = Haas | first6 = C. | last7 = Bartsch | first7 = C. | last8 = Poster | first8 = S. | last9 = Madea | first9 = B. | title = Sarcomeric gene mutations in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). | journal = Forensic Sci Int | volume = | issue = | pages = | month = Feb | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.01.018 | PMID = 22361390 }}</ref> | |||
**[[Negative autopsy]]. | |||
***No significant pathology that could explain death. | |||
DDx: | |||
*Overlay (positional asphyxia). | |||
*[[Suffocation]].<ref name=pmid22324498>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gilbert | first1 = NL. | last2 = Fell | first2 = DB. | last3 = Joseph | first3 = KS. | last4 = Liu | first4 = S. | last5 = León | first5 = JA. | last6 = Sauve | first6 = R. | last7 = Kramer | first7 = M. | last8 = Shah | first8 = P. | last9 = Kirby | first9 = R. | title = Temporal trends in sudden infant death syndrome in Canada from 1991 to 2005: contribution of changes in cause of death assignment practices and in maternal and infant characteristics. | journal = Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol | volume = 26 | issue = 2 | pages = 124-30 | month = Mar | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2011.01248.x | PMID = 22324498 }} | |||
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*[[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]]. | |||
*[[Channelopathy]].<ref name=pmid22361390/> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist| | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
[[Category:Forensic pathology]] | [[Category:Forensic pathology]] | ||
[[Category:Pediatric pathology]] | [[Category:Pediatric pathology]] | ||
[[Category:Diagnosis]] | |||