Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy [SUDI]: What the clinician, pathologist, coroner and researchers want to know
| Autor: | Dominic A. Fitzgerald, Lorraine du Toit-Prinsloo, Teresa O'Sullivan, Heather E. Jeffery, Karen A. Waters, Susan Arbuckle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Psychological intervention Infant Sudden infant death syndrome Unexpected death Infant mortality Coroner Pathologists Risk Factors Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Epidemiology medicine Humans Early childhood business Sleep Sudden infant death Coroners and Medical Examiners Sudden Infant Death |
| Zdroj: | Paediatric respiratory reviews. 41 |
| ISSN: | 1526-0550 |
| Popis: | The loss of an apparently healthy infant is confronting for any family, puzzling for a clinician and challenging for the pathologist charged with the task of demonstrating a cause for death. The term “cot death” evolved to “sudden infant death syndrome” [SIDS] and now “sudden unexpected death in infancy [SUDI]” as the epidemiology and pathology of infant death changed. Community interventions were successful in changing sleep practices for young babies. The current research focus is on understanding genetic predispositions to unexpected death in early childhood. Whilst much has been achieved in reducing the infant mortality rate from SUDI by between 50%, and 80% in some countries, over the last 30 years, there remain challenges for improving rates of accurate diagnosis and reaching out to more vulnerable families with clearly modifiable risk factors for SUDI. These challenges directly involve the clinician through taking a systematic and detailed history and better standardised death scene evaluations with specifically accredited assessors. Better knowledge regarding circumstances of SUDI cases will help Coroners and researchers provide answers for grieving families now, and in the future contribute to further reductions in the rate of SUDI in communities across the world. |
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