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'''Sudden infant death syndrome''', abbreviated '''SIDS''', is an unexplained rapid (and unexpected) death of a person less than one year old, that is ''not'' explained after a full [[autopsy]], correlations with the death scene and the (clinical) history.<ref name=Ref_PCPBOD8_251>{{Ref PCPBoD8|251}}</ref> | '''Sudden infant death syndrome''', abbreviated '''SIDS''', is an unexplained rapid (and unexpected) death of a person older than one month and less than one year old, that is ''not'' explained after a full [[autopsy]], correlations with the death scene and the (clinical) history.<ref name=Ref_PCPBOD8_251>{{Ref PCPBoD8|251}}</ref><ref name=pmid22110293/> | ||
==Pathogenesis== | ==Pathogenesis== | ||
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===Risk factors=== | ===Risk factors=== | ||
Parent: | |||
*Low socioeconomic status. | *Low socioeconomic status. | ||
*Maternal substance use.<ref name=pmid22110293>{{Cite journal | last1 = Athanasakis | first1 = E. | last2 = Karavasiliadou | first2 = S. | last3 = Styliadis | first3 = I. | title = The factors contributing to the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. | journal = Hippokratia | volume = 15 | issue = 2 | pages = 127-31 | month = Apr | year = 2011 | doi = | PMID = 22110293 | PMC = 3209674}}</ref> | |||
*No prenatal care.<ref name=nih_sids>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002533/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002533/]. Accessed on: 1 May 2012.</ref> | |||
*Short time between pregnancies.<ref name=nih_sids/> | |||
*Teenage mother.<ref name=nih_sids/> | |||
Child:<ref name=pmid22110293/> | |||
*Male.<ref name=pmid22451703>{{Cite journal | last1 = Trachtenberg | first1 = FL. | last2 = Haas | first2 = EA. | last3 = Kinney | first3 = HC. | last4 = Stanley | first4 = C. | last5 = Krous | first5 = HF. | title = Risk Factor Changes for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome After Initiation of Back-to-Sleep Campaign. | journal = Pediatrics | volume = 129 | issue = 4 | pages = 630-8 | month = Apr | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1542/peds.2011-1419 | PMID = 22451703 }}</ref> | *Male.<ref name=pmid22451703>{{Cite journal | last1 = Trachtenberg | first1 = FL. | last2 = Haas | first2 = EA. | last3 = Kinney | first3 = HC. | last4 = Stanley | first4 = C. | last5 = Krous | first5 = HF. | title = Risk Factor Changes for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome After Initiation of Back-to-Sleep Campaign. | journal = Pediatrics | volume = 129 | issue = 4 | pages = 630-8 | month = Apr | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1542/peds.2011-1419 | PMID = 22451703 }}</ref> | ||
*Prematurity. | |||
*Low birth weight. | |||
*[[IUGR]]. | |||
*Prone sleep, i.e. put to sleep on the front. | *Prone sleep, i.e. put to sleep on the front. | ||
* | *Soft bed mattress. | ||
Note: | Note: | ||