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The sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), which is characterized by the sudden death of a seemingly healthy infant during a sleep period, has long been considered one of the most mysterious disorders in medicine.^1,2 However, in recent years, SIDS has been substantially demystified by major advances in our understanding of its relationship to sleep and homeostasis, environmental and genetic risk factors, and biochemical and molecular abnormalities. The most important advance has been the discovery that the prone sleep position more than triples the risk of SIDS,³ which in the early 1990s led to national and international campaigns advocating a supine . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Definition and Incidence of SIDS

Causes of Sudden and Unexpected Infant Death

Newer Models for SIDS

Risk Factors for SIDS

Putative Terminal Pathways for SIDS

Asphyxia-Related Sudden Deaths

Recommendations for Risk Reduction and Counseling

Conclusions

Source Information

From the Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School — both in Boston (H.C.K.); and the Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (B.T.T.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Kinney at the Department of Pathology, Enders Bldg. 1112, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, or at hannah.kinney@childrens.harvard.edu.

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