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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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*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> | *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/> | Child:<ref name=pmid22110293/> | ||