Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexpected death of an infant that remains unexplained after a thorough autopsy. It peaks between 2-4 months of age and is more common in males. Risk factors include sleeping during the time when most deaths occur, between sleep and arousal at night. Recommendations to reduce risk include safe sleep practices and counseling parents.

2. Sudden infant death syndrome
(SIDS)
Prepared by/ Eman Mahmoud
Abdelrahman

3. Outlines
• DEFINITION
• INCIDENCE OF
• RISK FACTORS FOR
• RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RISK
REDUCTION AND COUNSELING

4. DEFINITION
• Sudden death of an infant or young child,
which is unexpected by history, and in
which a thorough post mortem
examination fails to demonstrate an
adequate cause of death.

5. INCIDENCE OF
• a peak incidence at 2 to 4 months of age,
• male predominance, and
• the presence of intrathoracic petechiae
• infants under the age of 12 months
• linked the death to a sleep period (i.e., the time
when the majority of deaths occurred)

6. NB
• it is unclear whether SIDS occurs during sleep
itself or during the many transitions between
sleep and arousal that occur during the night,
since such deaths are typically not witnessed.

7. INCIDENCE OF

16. سُمَّبْدِحَ ،اننَ ،كَ ، اللَّ هُمَّمَّ وَ ،بِكَحَ ،مْدِدِكَكَ ، ،
أَ ،شْدِهَ ،دُمَّ أَ ،نْدِ ل إِكَلهَ ، إِكَلَّ أَ ،نْدِتَ ،
أَ ،سْدِتَ ،غْدِفِكَرُمَّكَ ، وَ ،أَ ،تْدِوببُمَّ إِكَلَ ،يْدِكَ ، .