SIDS: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SIDS: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is an unfortunate event that has been occurring as long as time. The SIDS has plagued parents and doctors and despite much research they still have not been able to discover a cause behind it. Some researchers believe that there are risk factors leading to SIDS that can be prevented, yet they are not found in all cases. Another researcher believed to link inner ear problems to SIDS deaths (Dr. Rubens). Unfortunately a child who died of SIDS is only labeled as so after a thorough investigation of the scene, an autopsy is done and all other possible causes, both physical and medical, have been ruled out, therefore the infant’s death is of an unknown cause (Kidshealth.org). Even …show more content…
There is no treatment for SIDS only precautions to be set in place to prevent it. The major precaution found to be effective is sleeping the infant on his or her back; this increases the possible airflow available in the infant’s zone and decreases the risk for a carbon dioxide pocket to be formed. Also placing the infant in a crib or cradle, especially for the first 4 months of life while the infant’s brain develops arousal responses, can reduce the risk of SIDS (Potts & Mandleco, 2012, p. 254). The evidence suggests that reducing the risk factors can reduce the incidence, yet there is still an occurrence regardless of risk factors being present or not. Since the cause is still truly unknown, the full prevention is not yet possible; parents can only do their best to reduce the …show more content…
Some research shows that the occurrence of SIDS increases during cold periods and decreases during warm periods. It also suggests strong ties between intrauterine growth circumstances and prematurity to underdeveloped brains that have a lack of developmental response to inadequate oxygenation while sleeping with an increased risk of SIDS (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2011). Other research suggest that maternal age under 20 years old as an increased risk factor. Also not just stomach sleeping but side sleeping is an increased risk due to the chance of the infant rolling onto their stomach while asleep and the inability to roll back over. (Kidshealth.org). Most of the research with the American Academy of Pediatrics and Kidshealth.org go hand in hand with the evidence based research of Potts and
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is an unfortunate event that has been occurring as long as time. The SIDS has plagued parents and doctors and despite much research they still have not been able to discover a cause behind it. Some researchers believe that there are risk factors leading to SIDS that can be prevented, yet they are not found in all cases. Another researcher believed to link inner ear problems to SIDS deaths (Dr. Rubens). Unfortunately a child who died of SIDS is only labeled as so after a thorough investigation of the scene, an autopsy is done and all other possible causes, both physical and medical, have been ruled out, therefore the infant’s death is of an unknown cause (Kidshealth.org). Even …show more content…
There is no treatment for SIDS only precautions to be set in place to prevent it. The major precaution found to be effective is sleeping the infant on his or her back; this increases the possible airflow available in the infant’s zone and decreases the risk for a carbon dioxide pocket to be formed. Also placing the infant in a crib or cradle, especially for the first 4 months of life while the infant’s brain develops arousal responses, can reduce the risk of SIDS (Potts & Mandleco, 2012, p. 254). The evidence suggests that reducing the risk factors can reduce the incidence, yet there is still an occurrence regardless of risk factors being present or not. Since the cause is still truly unknown, the full prevention is not yet possible; parents can only do their best to reduce the …show more content…
Some research shows that the occurrence of SIDS increases during cold periods and decreases during warm periods. It also suggests strong ties between intrauterine growth circumstances and prematurity to underdeveloped brains that have a lack of developmental response to inadequate oxygenation while sleeping with an increased risk of SIDS (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2011). Other research suggest that maternal age under 20 years old as an increased risk factor. Also not just stomach sleeping but side sleeping is an increased risk due to the chance of the infant rolling onto their stomach while asleep and the inability to roll back over. (Kidshealth.org). Most of the research with the American Academy of Pediatrics and Kidshealth.org go hand in hand with the evidence based research of Potts and