 Sudden Infant Death
"Sudden Infant Death" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The abrupt and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year of age, remaining unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history. (Pediatr Pathol 1991 Sep-Oct;11(5):677-84)
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D013398
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.260.322.625 C23.550.260.657.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Sudden Infant Death- Sudden Infant Death
- Cot Death
- Cot Deaths
- Death, Cot
- SID
- SIDS
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Death, Sudden Infant
- Infant Death, Sudden
- Crib Death
- Death, Crib
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sudden Infant Death" by people in Profiles.
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Moon RY, Hwang SS, Hauck FR, Kellams AL, Shafer PR, Colvin BN, Karpman H, Carlin RF, Corwin MJ, Colson E, Parker MG. Get Social Media and Risk-Reduction Training (GET SMART) to improve infant safe sleep practices through a mobile text message-delivered video safe sleep intervention for new parents: study protocol for a type 3 hybrid implementation-effectiveness cluster randomized trial in 20 US birth hospitals. BMC Pediatr. 2026 03 11; 26(1).
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Udoko AN, Dyess NF, Hwang SS, Fisher CR. Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Safe Sleep Practices. Neoreviews. 2026 Jan 01; 27(1):e1-e10.
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Burgess AE, Bourque SL, Fisher CR, Allen R, Hwang SS. Barriers and facilitators to modeling safe sleep practices in the NICU: A qualitative study of nursing & parent perspectives. J Perinatol. 2026 Jun; 46(6):1075-1082.
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Hwang SS, Bourque SL, Hannan KE, Passarella M, Radack J, Formanowski B, Lorch SA. Individual-, Hospital-, and Community-Level Factors Associated with Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Among Infants Born Preterm in 5 US States. J Pediatr. 2025 03; 278:114445.
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Oltman SP, Rogers EE, Baer RJ, Amsalu R, Bandoli G, Chambers CD, Cho H, Dagle JM, Karvonen KL, Kingsmore SF, McKenzie-Sampson S, Momany A, Ontiveros E, Protopsaltis LD, Rand L, Kobayashi ES, Steurer MA, Ryckman KK, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL. Early Newborn Metabolic Patterning and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Nov 01; 178(11):1183-1191.
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Hwang SS, Bourque SL, Hannan KE, Passarella M, Radack J, Formanowski B, Lorch SA. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Among US Infants Born Preterm. J Pediatr. 2023 09; 260:113498.
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Hwang SS, Weikel BW, Palau MA, Greenfield JC, Klawetter S, Neu M, Roybal KL, Scott J, Shah P, Bourque SL. NICU Visitation Time and Adherence to Safe Sleep Practices Among Mothers of Very Preterm Infants. Adv Neonatal Care. 2023 Aug 01; 23(4):365-376.
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Galambos C, Bush D, Abman SH, Caplan M. Prominent Intrapulmonary Shunt Vessels and Altered Lung Development in Infants With Sudden Unexplained Infant Death. J Pediatr. 2023 04; 255:214-219.e1.
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Bandoli G, Baer RJ, Owen M, Kiernan E, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, Kingsmore S, Chambers CD. Maternal, infant, and environmental risk factors for sudden unexpected infant deaths: results from a large, administrative cohort. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2022 Dec; 35(25):8998-9005.
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Hwang SS, Parker MG, Colvin BN, Forbes ES, Brown K, Colson ER. Understanding the barriers and facilitators to safe infant sleep for mothers of preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2021 08; 41(8):1992-1999.
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