Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) is the unexpected death of a child over
age 12 months that remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including …

Video Abstract BACKGROUND Observational studies have improved our understanding of
the risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome, but separate examination of risk for sleep …

Background and Objectives More than 2,900 US children aged younger than 4 years die
from unknown causes each year, accounting for more than 219,000 life years lost annually …

Background Tremendous progress has been made since sudden infant death syndrome
(SIDS) was first defined in 1969. 1 Substantial reductions in sudden infant deaths have been …

BACKGROUND: Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) represents a broad group of
explained and unexplained infant deaths (< 1 year old). Explaining why SUID occurs is …

Sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC) is death of a child over 1 year of age that is
unexplained after review of clinical history, circumstances of death, and complete autopsy …

Background: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is one of the leading causes of infant
mortality in the United States (US). The extent to which SIDS manifests with an underlying …

A definitive, authoritative approach to evaluate the causes of unexpected, and ultimately
unexplained, pediatric deaths remains elusive, relegating final conclusions to diagnoses of …

OBJECTIVES To describe sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs) occurring in safe sleep
environments and explore differences in selected characteristics. METHODS We examined …

Background Non-natural mortality in children and adolescents is a global public health
problem that varies widely from country to country. Data on child and adolescent …