Key result
Proposed hypothesis links catecholaminergic system abnormalities to severe hypothermia and SIDS.
Why the study?
The cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) remains unknown, with a hypothesis involving catecholaminergic system abnormalities leading to fatal hypothermia and cardiorespiratory failure.
Population
Infants aged between one month and one year including SIDS and near miss cases
Comparison
Infants who died of SIDS vs near miss and normal infants
Design
Hypothesis-driven observational study with catecholamine determinations
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for SIDS; leaves open catecholaminergic links to hypothermia and cardiorespiratory failure pending validation studies.
Proposes a hypothesis that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is caused by an abnormality in the catecholaminergic system leading to severe hypothermia and subsequent cardiorespiratory failure.
Anne Christake Cornwell (1979) studied Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. A proposed hypothesis suggests that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome may be caused by a catecholaminergic system abnormality leading to severe hypothermia and cardiorespiratory failure.
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