ArticleArchives of disease in childhood2007
Do risk factors differ between explained sudden unexpected death in infancy and sudden infant death syndrome?
Article in Archives of disease in childhood, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- The Science (or Nonscience) of Research Into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Pathological, Bacteriological and Virological Findings in Sudden and Unexpected Deaths in Young Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Postmortem diagnosis of infectious heart diseases: A mystifying cause of Sudden Infant Death.Forensic science international · 2016Article
- Social and behavioural factors in Non-suspicious unexpected death in infancy; experience from metropolitan police project indigo investigation.BMC pediatrics · 2016Article
- Bed sharing is more common in sudden infant death syndrome than in explained sudden unexpected deaths in infancy.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2015Article
- Sudden unexplained cardiac arrest in apparently healthy children: a single-center experience.Pediatric cardiology · 2013Article
- Studying sudden and unexpected infant deaths in a time of changing death certification and investigation practices: evaluating sleep-related risk factors for infant death in New York City.Maternal and child health journal · 2011Article
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- The sudden infant death syndrome.The New England journal of medicine · 2009Review
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Abstract
backgroundIn Germany, 2910 infants died in 2004; for many infants the reason was clear, especially prematurity or congenital abnormalities. However, 394 babies die every year suddenly and unexpectedly. The cause may be immediately clear, but is often not obvious.
aims(1) To describe the causes of explained sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) and (2) to compare risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and explained SUDI.
methodsA 3-year population-based case-control study in Germany, 1998-2001.
results455 deaths, of which 51 (11.2%) were explained. Most of these deaths were due to respiratory or generalised infections. The risk factors for SIDS and explained SUDI were remarkably similar except for sleep position and breast feeding. Prone sleeping position is a major risk factor for SIDS (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 7.16, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.85 to 13.31) but not for explained SUDI (adjusted OR 1.71, 95% CI 0.25 to 11.57). Not being breast fed in the first 2 weeks of life is a risk factor for SIDS (adjusted OR 2.37, 95% CI 1.46 to 3.84) but not for explained SUDI (adjusted OR 0.39, 95% CI 0.08 to 1.83).
conclusionsProne sleeping position is a unique risk factor for SIDS. Socioeconomic disadvantage and maternal smoking are risk factors for both SIDS and explained SUDI, and provide an opportunity for targeted intervention.
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