Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Print Version)

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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

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Latest News

Back to Sleep Campaign Marks Tenth Anniversary with Renewed Effort to Cut SIDS Rates in African American Community (10/13/2004, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2004/nichd-13.htm

From the National Institutes of Health

Babies Sleep Safest on Their Backs: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/sids/reduce_infant_risk.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/sids/dormir_boca_arriba.htm
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/sidsfact.htm

Overviews

JAMA Patient Page: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (American Medical Association) - http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ1I7HB09D⊂_cat=2001
SIDS: Sudden and Silent (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sleep/sids.html
What is SIDS? (National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center) - http://www.sidscenter.org/SIDSFACT.HTM

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Sudden Infant Death (National Institutes of Health) - http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/search/term=sudden+infant+death&recruiting;=true

Specific Conditions

Bed Sharing with Siblings, Soft Bedding, Increase SIDS Risk (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2003/nichd-05.htm
Higher SIDS Risk Found in Infants Placed in Unaccustomed Sleeping Position (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2003/nichd-28.htm
Incidence of SIDS Increases during Cold Weather: A Winter Alert to All Caregivers of Infants (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/new/releases/wintal2.cfm
Safe Sleep for My Grandbaby (First Candle/SIDS Alliance, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, National SIDS & Infant Death Program Support Center) - Links to PDF File - http://sids-id-psc.org/_documents/pdf/grandparents.pdf
Study Identifies SIDS Risk Factors among American Indian Infants (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Indian Health Service, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2002/nichd-03.htm
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Vaccination (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/SIDS/default.htm
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and the Child Care Provider (First Candle/SIDS Alliance, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, National SIDS & Infant Death Program Support Center) - Links to PDF File - http://sids-id-psc.org/_documents/pdf/childcare_provider.pdf

Coping

After Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Facing Anniversaries, Holidays, and Special Events (National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center) - http://www.sidscenter.org/FACING.HTM

Research

Research on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/womenshealth/sids_research.cfm
Summits Seek to Reduce SIDS Risk in African American Community (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2003/nichd-30.htm

Genetics

Heart Gone Haywire Blamed in Some Sudden Infant Deaths (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3006685

Organizations

American Academy of Pediatrics - http://www.aap.org/
First Candle/SIDS Alliance - http://www.firstcandle.org/
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
National SIDS & Infant Death Program Support Center - http://sids-id-psc.org/
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Maternal and Child Health Bureau) - http://www.sidscenter.org/

Statistics

FASTATS: Infant Deaths/Mortality (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/infmort.htm

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The primary NIH organization for research on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/

Page last updated: 14 October 2004
Topic last reviewed: 29 May 2004