sudden infant death syndrome
Unexplained infant mortality
Sudden infant death syndrome is the unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant, typically during sleep.
Often abbreviated SIDS, it remains poorly understood despite decades of research.
The "Back to Sleep" campaign reduced deaths by encouraging parents to place infants on their backs: The pediatrician discussed SIDS prevention at the checkup.
Protective medical injection
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- overheatingBecoming dangerously warm
- co-sleepingShared slumber with infant
- swaddlingWrapping babies snugly
Medical examination after death
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- asphyxiaOxygen starvation condition
- apneaTemporary cessation of respiration
- neonatologyCare of newborn infants
pediatrics · epidemiology · mortality · resuscitation · genetics · brainstem · serotonin · hypoxia
State following loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
counseling · guilt · trauma · memorial · remembrance · coping · healing · anniversary
Not yet clarified
- unknownNot yet discovered
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- bafflingImpossible to understand
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
inexplicable · puzzling · unresolved · investigation · research · hypothesis · uncertainty
immunization
Protective medical injection
- breastfeedingLactation-based infant nourishment
- overheatingBecoming dangerously warm
- co-sleepingShared slumber with infant
autopsy
Medical examination after death
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- asphyxiaOxygen starvation condition
- apneaTemporary cessation of respiration
neonatology · pediatrics · epidemiology · mortality · resuscitation · genetics · brainstem · serotonin · hypoxia · postmortem
bereavement
State following loss
devastation · counseling · guilt · trauma · memorial · remembrance · coping · healing · anniversary · keepsake
unexplained
Not yet clarified
perplexing · inexplicable · puzzling · unresolved · investigation · research · hypothesis · uncertainty
- death causescause of death, natural causes, manner of death, accidental death, natural death
- infant mortalitystillbirth, SIDS, premature death
sudden infant death syndromecongenital defect
Abnormality present at birth
genetic disorder · infectious disease · birth defect · metabolic disorder
sudden infant death syndromegenetic disorder
Abnormality in inherited code
infection · birth defect · accidental death · infanticide · suffocation
sudden, suddenly, suddenness, infant, infants, infantile, infancy, infanticide, deaths