title: A hypothesis: sudden infant death syndrome is a disorder of entrainment.
abstract: A hypothesis is presented that explains Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) as a disorder of entrainment. This hypothesis fits the known characteristics of SIDS i.e., age at death, sleep-related, natural death and absence of a lethal lesion. The spectrum from reversible hypoxia (near-miss SIDS) to irreversible hypoxia (SIDS) can be explained by the presence or absence of brainstem lesions in infants with a disorder of entrainment.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012119:Respiration; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology