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Central nervous system mechanisms, including seizure disorders, sleep arousal deficits, reflex apnea, and failure of brainstem-mediated autoresuscitation, likely contribute to many cases of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and SIDS. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

July 1, 2015Comprehensive physiology

Potential Central Nervous System Involvement in Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

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Infants 1 month to 1 year of age

This review highlights the potential role of central nervous system mechanisms in sudden unexpected infant deaths and speculates on developmental outcomes of infants saved by back sleeping.

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CNS mechanisms warrant attention in SUID evaluation; leaves open targeted interventions beyond safe sleep.

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Bradley T. Thach (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1d447dba3016ff712f59b6 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2040-4603.2015.tb00632.x

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Potential Central Nervous System Involvement in Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

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Potential Central Nervous System Involvement in Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

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