Book contents
- Perinatal Neuropathology
- Perinatal Neuropathology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Section I Techniques and Practical Considerations
- Section 2 Human Nervous System Development
- Section 3 Stillbirth
- Section 4 Disruptions / Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury
- Section 5 Malformations
- Section 6 Perinatal Neurooncology
- Section 7 Spinal and Neuromuscular Disorders
- Section 8 Eye Disorders
- Section 9 Infections: In Utero Infections
- Section 10 Metabolic / Toxic Disorders: Storage Diseases
- Section 11 Forensic Neuropathology
- Trauma
- Sudden Unexpected Death
- Chapter 66 Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy and Childhood
- Appendix 1 Technical Considerations in Perinatal CNS
- Index
- References
Chapter 66 - Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy and Childhood
from Sudden Unexpected Death
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2021
- Perinatal Neuropathology
- Perinatal Neuropathology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Section I Techniques and Practical Considerations
- Section 2 Human Nervous System Development
- Section 3 Stillbirth
- Section 4 Disruptions / Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury
- Section 5 Malformations
- Section 6 Perinatal Neurooncology
- Section 7 Spinal and Neuromuscular Disorders
- Section 8 Eye Disorders
- Section 9 Infections: In Utero Infections
- Section 10 Metabolic / Toxic Disorders: Storage Diseases
- Section 11 Forensic Neuropathology
- Trauma
- Sudden Unexpected Death
- Chapter 66 Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy and Childhood
- Appendix 1 Technical Considerations in Perinatal CNS
- Index
- References
Summary
The phenomenon of sudden death in infants and young children is recognized across all cultures and has been called by many names, including “crib death,” “cot death,” “sudden infant death syndrome” (SIDS), “sudden unexpected (or unexplained) death in infancy” (SUDI), and “sudden unexpected death in childhood” (SUDC). All terms reflect essentially the same concept of death as being unexpected (i.e., sudden) in a previously healthy child. Of note, the term “infancy” applies to those under the age of 1 year (some investigators exclude the first month of postnatal life, i.e., the neonatal period), and “childhood” refers to an age of greater than 1 year [1].
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- Perinatal Neuropathology , pp. 431 - 436Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021