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Investigating cardiac genetic background in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is still the leading cause of death for newborns in developed countries. The pathophysiological mechanisms have...
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Age-related cytokine imbalance in the thymus in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
BackgroundSudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been considered to be triggered by a combination of underlying immune dysregulation and infections....
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Qualitative assessment of infant sleep practices and other risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) among mothers in Lusaka, Zambia
BackgroundThere is very little information on the beliefs and perceptions of mothers about SIDS and its related risk factors in Africa. To better...
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Revisiting the association of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) with polymorphisms of NHE3 and IL13
ObjectivesDisturbances of the central nervous system and immune system are thought to play a role in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)....
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The diminishing role of the pathologist in sudden infant death syndrome
All major definitions of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) specify that a careful pathological examination must be conducted which includes...
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Aberrant colon metabolome and the sudden infant death syndrome
BackgroundThe Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has been associated with increased peripheral serotonin and an abnormal colonic microbiome,...
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Correlation of gestational age and age at death in sudden infant death syndrome: another pointer to the role of critical developmental period?
BackgroundFiliano and Kinney proposed a triple-risk model for the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) that involves the intersection of three risks:...
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Prävention des plötzlichen Säuglingstods (SIDS, „sudden infant death syndrome“, ICD 10: R95)
The dramatic decrease in the rates of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) seen in recent years has largely occurred through the dissemination of...
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Prenatal and postnatal factors associated with sudden infant death syndrome: an umbrella review of meta-analyses
BackgroundComprehensive quantitative evidence on the risk and protective factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) effects is lacking. We...
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Association of maternal snuff use and smoking with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: a national register study
BackgroundThe aim was to study whether non-combustible nicotine (Swedish snuff) use in pregnancy is associated with elevated risk of post neonatal...
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Added value of postmortem mri in sudden unexpected infant death cases
We aimed to investigate the potential added value of postmortem MRI (PMMRI) in sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) cases referred to our center...
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Variants in genes encoding the SUR1-TRPM4 non-selective cation channel and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): potentially increased risk for cerebral edema
Increasing evidence suggests that brain edema might play an important role in the pathogenesis of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and that...
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Brain water content in sudden unexpected infant death
The extensive and rapid development of the human brain during the first years of life complicates the postmortem diagnosis of brain edema in infancy....
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Mitochondrial DNA content: a new potential biomarker for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
BackgroundSudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) occurs in apparently healthy infants and is unpredictable and unexplained despite thorough...
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Sudden infant death syndrome prevention
We looked at existing recommendations and supporting evidence for successful strategies to prevent the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
We...
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Gastric aspiration in sudden unexpected infant death of Prader–Willi syndrome: immunohistochemical detection of feeding components
Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) in infants is characterized by hypotonia and poor sucking with feeding difficulties. Two autopsy cases of sudden...
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Genetic variants in eleven central and peripheral chemoreceptor genes in sudden infant death syndrome
BackgroundSudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is still one of the leading causes of postnatal infant death in developed countries. The occurrence of...
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Histiocytoid cardiomyopathy presenting as sudden death in an 18-month-old infant
Histiocytoid cardiomyopathy (HC) is an arrhythmogenic disorder, usually involving children under two years of age with a strong Caucasian and female...
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Coenzyme Q deficiency may predispose to sudden unexplained death via an increased risk of cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiac arrhythmia is currently considered to be the direct cause of death in a majority of sudden unexplained death (SUD) cases, yet the genetic...
