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Cot death occurs when a seemingly healthy infant – under 12 months of age – dies in their sleep with no cause of death established in a post-mortem investigation. Although many risk factors are known to increase the risk of cot death – such as maternal smoking and bed sharing – nobody is exactly sure why it happens.<ref name="MedicalXpress 2019"/> | Cot death occurs when a seemingly healthy infant – under 12 months of age – dies in their sleep with no cause of death established in a post-mortem investigation. Although many risk factors are known to increase the risk of cot death – such as maternal smoking and bed sharing – nobody is exactly sure why it happens.<ref name="MedicalXpress 2019"/> | ||
| − | The incidence of SIDS is higher in male infants as compared with female infants. | + | The incidence of SIDS is higher in male infants as compared with female infants.<ref name="nih2017" /> |
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Revision as of 02:14, 7 July 2020
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also known as cot death or crib death, is the sudden unexplained death of a child of less than one year of age.[1]
SIDS remains the leading cause of infant death in many developed countries. There are around 2,700 babies who die from cot death every year in the US – and around 300 in the UK.[2]
Cot death occurs when a seemingly healthy infant – under 12 months of age – dies in their sleep with no cause of death established in a post-mortem investigation. Although many risk factors are known to increase the risk of cot death – such as maternal smoking and bed sharing – nobody is exactly sure why it happens.[2]
The incidence of SIDS is higher in male infants as compared with female infants.[1]
See also
External links
(11 January 2019). Circumcision linked to SIDS
, CIRP.org. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
References
- ↑ a b (31 January 2017).
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
, www.nichd.nih.gov/, National Institutes of Health. Retrieved 6 July 2020. - ↑ a b Elhaik, Eran (11 January 2019).
Neonatal circumcision could increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in babies – new research
, MedicalXpress. Retrieved 2 July 2020.