Sudden infant death in Scotland.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Sudden-infant-death syndrome in South-East Scotland.
Three hundred and fifty eight infants from south east Scotland who died suddenly were classified into four groups. Categories for these groups ranged from where a definite cause of death had been recorded to where no explanation had been provided and no associated disorder was discovered (SIDS). Our results supported the view that there are few differences in the history of cases certified as S...
متن کاملMothers’ performance in prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Introduction: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) can cause a severe crisis for family. ‎The cause of SIDS is not known. But since putting infant in prone position, smoking mother, ‎poor prenatal care, sleeping beside infant and using soft matters and… are effective factors on ‎SIDS.‎ Objective: This study aims to survey mothers’ performance in prevention of SIDS...
متن کاملSudden Infant Death Syndrome and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death
Sudden infant death has haunted humanity since Biblical times, and many people are still confused about how to differentiate sudden infant death syndrome from other causes of sudden infant death, such as myocarditis or congenital heart disease. Because of the difficulty of diagnosis, the authors say that SIDS has become a “diagnostic dustbin,” but unnecessarily so. They provide the diagnostic c...
متن کاملPapers Used infant mattresses and sudden infant death syndrome in Scotland: case-control study
Objective To examine the proposition that a used infant mattress is associated with an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Design Case-control study. Setting Scotland (population 5.1 million, with about 53 000 births a year). Participants 131 infants who died of sudden infant death syndrome between 1 January 1996 and 31 May 2000 and 278 age, season, and obstetric unit matched contro...
متن کاملSudden infant death.
The association between Long QT syndrome (LQTS) and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) remains highly topical and even polarizing. Because the landmark Italian study of the QT interval and SIDS triggered extensive controversy, there has been a substantial and commendable effort to establish LQTS as one of the true causes of SIDS. The motivation underlying this effort is based on the fact that ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.306.6871.211-c