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SIDS

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), sometimes known as cot death or crib death, is the sudden, unexplained death of a child of less than one year of age. Diagnosis requires that the death remain unexplained even after a thorough autopsy and detailed death scene investigation. SIDS usually occurs between the hours of midnight and 9:00 a.m., or when the…

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Causes
Unknown
Diagnostic method
Investigation · Autopsy
Differential diagnosis
Infections · Genetic disorders · Heart problems
Frequency
1 in 1,000–10,000
Other names
Cot death · crib death
Prevention
Sleeping supine · Pacifier use · Breastfeeding

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Sleep positioning · 17
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related to Race · 14
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related to Genetics · 10
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related to Sleeping · 10
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related to Pregnancy and infant factors · 8
SIDS → Anemia, Delayed, From, In, Low, Premature, United States, US SIDS
has prevention · 7
SIDS → Evidence, FDA, In, Measures, Several, The, United States
related to Epidemiology · 6
SIDS → Globally, Hong Kong, It, Native Americans, Rates, US
Risk factors · 4
SIDS → Exposure to tobacco smoke, Overheating, Preterm birth, Sleeping on belly or side
related to Alcohol · 4
SIDS → Another, Drinking, New Year, One
related to Differential diagnosis · 4
SIDS → Helicobacter, MCAD, QT, Some

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SIDSCausesUnknown1.00infobox
SIDSDiagnostic methodInvestigation1.00infobox
SIDSDiagnostic methodAutopsy1.00infobox
SIDSDifferential diagnosisInfections1.00infobox
SIDSDifferential diagnosisGenetic disorders1.00infobox
SIDSDifferential diagnosisHeart problems1.00infobox
SIDSFrequency1 in 1,000–10,0001.00infobox
SIDSOther namesCot death1.00infobox
SIDSOther namescrib death1.00infobox
SIDSPreventionSleeping supine1.00infobox
SIDSPreventionPacifier use1.00infobox
SIDSPreventionBreastfeeding1.00infobox
SIDSRisk factorsSleeping on belly or side1.00infobox
SIDSRisk factorsOverheating1.00infobox
SIDSRisk factorsExposure to tobacco smoke1.00infobox
SIDSRisk factorsPreterm birth1.00infobox
SIDSSpecialtyPediatrics1.00infobox
SIDSSpecialtyForensic pathology1.00infobox
SIDSUsual onsetOne to four months in age1.00infobox
SIDSis adiagnosis of exclusion and should be applied to only those cases in which an infant's death is sudden and unexpected0.90text
SIDSis asubset of SUID.AgeSIDS has a four-parameter lognormal age distribution that spares infants shortly after birth0.90text

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