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Sudden unexplained death in childhood

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of 1.2 deaths per 100,000 children, compared to 54 deaths per 100,000 live births for SIDs. There are approximately 400 deaths per year of SUDC in the U.S, with over 200 of these cases being the children aged 1–4 years. SUDC deaths have occurred at the following sites:
186:. However, SIDS is a diagnosis specifically for infants under the age of 12 months while SUDC is a diagnosis for children 12 months and older. The causes of SIDS and SUDC are not definitively known but there are good chances 290:
in 1999 Dr. Henry Krous gave a presentation titled "Post-Infancy SIDS: Is it on the rise?" This led to the beginning of the San Diego SUDC Research Project. The first definition of SUDC was published in 2005 in
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Krous, Henry F.; Chadwick, Amy E.; Crandall, Laura; Nadeau-Manning, Julie M. (14 July 2005). "Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood:A Report of 50 Cases".
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Holm, Ingrid A.; Poduri, Annapurna; Crandall, Laura; Haas, Elisabeth; Grafe, Marjorie R.; Kinney, Hannah C.; Krous, Henry F. (1 April 2012).
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anomalies. The occurrence of fever before the sudden deaths later in sleep, could explain the febrile seizure hypotheses
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are the main causes. Although it can happen to any child under the age of 18 (after which the deaths are classified as
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Researchers are exploring a possible connection between sudden unexplained death in toddlers,
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Not definitive, most likely heart arrhythmias, seizures, or a mix
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Index

Specialty
Pediatrics
Symptoms
Complications
Risk factors
Diagnostic method
Medication
Prognosis
autopsy
sudden infant death syndrome
death
heart arrhythmias
seizures
Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome
febrile seizures
hippocampal
United States
Crib
supine
prone
Co-sleeping
sweating
Atlanta, GA
Pediatric and Developmental Pathology
"Inheritance of Febrile Seizures in Sudden Unexplained Death in Toddlers"
doi
10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.02.007
PMC
4009678
PMID

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