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Descriptor English: Sudden Infant Death
Descriptor Spanish: Muerte Súbita del Lactante
Descriptor muerte súbita del lactante
Entry term(s) SMSL
muerte en la cuna
síndrome de la muerte súbita del lactante
Scope note: Muerte abrupta e inexplicable de un recién nacido aparentemente sano, con menos de un año, y que permanece sin explicación tras efectuarse un estudio exhaustivo del caso, incluyendo la realización de una autopsia completa, examen del escenario de la muerte, y revisión de la historia clínica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Morte Súbita do Lactente
Descriptor French: Mort subite du nourrisson
Entry term(s): Cot Death
Cot Deaths
Crib Death
Death, Cot
Death, Crib
Death, Sudden Infant
Infant Death, Sudden
SID
SIDS
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Tree number(s): C23.550.260.322.625
C23.550.260.657.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013398
Scope note: The abrupt and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year of age, remaining unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history. (Pediatr Pathol 1991 Sep-Oct;11(5):677-84)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
DI diagnosis
EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
IM immunology
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
Previous Indexing: Death, Sudden (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 75; SID was see SUDDEN INFANT DEATH 1993
Online Note: use SUDDEN INFANT DEATH to search SID 1993
History Note: 75; SID was see SUDDEN INFANT DEATH 1993
DeCS ID: 13783
Unique ID: D013398
NLM Classification: WS 430
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2014/06/16
Sudden Infant Death - Preferred
Concept UI M0020725
Scope note The abrupt and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year of age, remaining unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history. (Pediatr Pathol 1991 Sep-Oct;11(5):677-84)
Preferred term Sudden Infant Death
Entry term(s) Cot Death
Cot Deaths
Crib Death
Death, Cot
Death, Crib
Death, Sudden Infant
Infant Death, Sudden
SID
SIDS
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome



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