title: [Modifiable risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The current guidelines for reducing the risk of SIDS].
abstract: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a subgroup of unexpected infant deaths that occur during the postneonatal period with relatively consistent clinical, epidemiological, and pathological features. SIDS remains the major cause of death in infants aged between 1 week and 1 year in western countries. While many SIDS risk factors have been and continue to be identified, the diagnosis remains one of exclusion--the definition of SIDS requires a negative history as well as a negative autopsy result. Epidemiological studies have led to the definition of populations with an increased risk for SIDS: prematurely born infants with perinatal risk factors, subsequent siblings of SIDS victims, ALTE infants (10%). Avoidable risk factors such as those associated with inappropriate infants' sleeping position, type of bedding used and sleeping arrangements strongly suggest a basis for further substantial reductions in SIDS incidence rates. The current guidelines for reducing the risk of SIDS are presented.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Pediatrii, Gastroenterologii i Alergologii Dzieciecej Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Białymstoku. jolanta@umwb.edu.pl
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wasilewska
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaczmarski
mesh_terms: D001512:Bedding and Linens; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*