Nasopharyngitis and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

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Abstract
Infants who died of SIDS [sudden infant death syndrome] in Onondaga County (New York, USA) were classified into a nasopharyngitis group (n = 59) or a no nasopharyngitis group (n = 57) on the basis of symptoms, within 1 wk prior to death, referable to the upper respiratory tract. Examination of the postnatal age of death revealed that infants in the nasopharyngitis group tended to be older than those in the no nasopharyngitis group. These results are consistent with a prediction derived from the hypothesis that prolonged sleep apnea is part of a pathophysiologic process resulting in SIDS.

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