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Geographical Analysis Of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Sids) And Associated Risk Factors In Douglas County, Nebraska, Caitlin E. Fee, Ariel Tarrell
Geographical Analysis Of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Sids) And Associated Risk Factors In Douglas County, Nebraska, Caitlin E. Fee, Ariel Tarrell
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Background: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is defined as the sudden and unexpected death of a child less than one year of age without an identifiable cause. Known risk factors of SIDS include prone and side-sleeping positions, bed sharing, male sex, pre- and postnatal tobacco exposure, poverty, prematurity, low birth weight (1
Significance of Problem: In the United States, SIDS is the most common cause of death in infants between one month and one year of age with approximately 2,500 infant deaths caused by SIDS each year.1 The incidence of SIDS has decreased by more than 50% in the …