SIDS and Near-SIDS

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Abstract
SUDDEN death affects persons of all ages. In adults it is frequently the result of cardiac arrhythmia, especially ventricular fibrillation; in adolescents it is often accidental, and in infants, although it can follow arrhythmia or accident, it is generally unexplained and is called the sudden-infant-death syndrome (SIDS). The pathologic process may affect various organs, as in inflammation of the respiratory tract, but its degree is insufficient to explain death. In the past, SIDS was attributed to suffocation from thymic enlargement1 or anaphylaxis to milk protein2 , 3 — associations that were later proved false.In recent years, abnormal cardiac conduction and abnormal . . .