Repeat sudden unexpected and unexplained infant deaths: natural or unnatural?

Carpenter, R. G.; Waite, Alison; Coombs, RC; Daman-Willems, C; McKenzie, Angela; Huber, J.; Emery, J L

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(04)17662-9

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“…[131][132][133] However, on the basis of an in-depth review of recurrent sudden unexpected infant deaths among families that had experienced 1 SIDS death, Carpenter et al 134 calculated an 87% probability that a second SIDS death within a family would be of natural cause. Calculations of the proportion of SIDS deaths attributable to covert homicide range from 6% to 10%, and recurrence risks for SIDS within a family in which 1 infant previously died of SIDS range from 2% to 6%.…”

Section: Infanticide and Sids Recurrencementioning

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The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Diagnostic Coding Shifts, Controversies Regarding the Sleeping Environment, and New Variables to Consider in Reducing Risk

2005

Pediatrics

589

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ABSTRACT. There has been a major decrease in the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released its recommendation in 1992 that infants be placed down for sleep in a nonprone position. Although the SIDS rate continues to fall, some of the recent decrease of the last several years may be a result of coding shifts to other causes of unexpected infant deaths. Since the AAP published its last statement on SIDS in 2000, several issues have become relevant, including the significant risk of side sleeping position; the AAP no longer recognizes side sleeping as a reasonable alternative to fully supine sleeping. The AAP also stresses the need to avoid redundant soft bedding and soft objects in the infant's sleeping environment, the hazards of adults sleeping with an infant in the same bed, the SIDS risk reduction associated with having infants sleep in the same room as adults and with using pacifiers at the time of sleep, the importance of educating secondary caregivers and neonatology practitioners on the importance of "back to sleep," and strategies to reduce the incidence of positional plagiocephaly associated with supine positioning. This statement reviews the evidence associated with these and other SIDSrelated issues and proposes new recommendations for further reducing SIDS risk. Pediatrics 2005;116:1245-1255; SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome, sudden unexpected infant death, infant mortality, supine position, infant sleep, infant bedding.

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Section: Infanticide and Sids Recurrencementioning

confidence: 99%

The Changing Concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Diagnostic Coding Shifts, Controversies Regarding the Sleeping Environment, and New Variables to Consider in Reducing Risk

2005

Pediatrics

589

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“…70,71 However, there are now substantial data in support of genetic risk factors for recurrent SIDS, and recent epidemiologic data confirm that second infant deaths in families are not rare and that at least 80%-90% are natural. 94 Recurrent infant death from SIDS in subsequent siblings is 6 times more likely than from homicide.…”

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Canadian Medical Association Journal

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“…However, nearly 60% to 80% of sudden deaths occurring in infants remain autopsy negative [17]. Moreover, recurrence of SIDS within a family is not rare and is attributed to a natural cause in 80% to 90% of cases [14,25]. Siblings of SIDS cases have a statistically higher risk of SIDS due to the persistence of genetic and environmental risk factors [5,33].…”

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