STUDIES OF THE SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-82
Author(s):  
C. George Ray ◽  
Nancy M. Hebestreit
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Viral Infection ◽  
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽  
Infant Death ◽  
Sudden Infant Death ◽  
Sudden Infant ◽  
King County ◽  
Culture Methods ◽  
Standard Culture

A group of 119 unselected cases of the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) were studied for evidence of viremia. None of 20 cases studied by standard culture methods yielded virus in the blood, and only 4 of 119 had detectable levels of serum interferon. Coupled with previous studies, the data further suggest that viral infection, if it participates in the ultimate mechanism in SIDS, does not act by means of overwhelming viremia but rather may act locally, possibly in the respiratory tract.

Are the King County SIDS Data Generalizable?

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-304
Author(s):  
JOHN G. BROOKS
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽  
Infant Death ◽  
Sudden Infant Death ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Sudden Infant ◽  
King County ◽  
Specific Risk

To the Editor.— I wish to applaud Dr Haas and his colleagues for taking advantage of the probably unique, well-validated, longitudinal sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) database in King County, WA, to try to clarify the interpretation and implications of the multiple reports of consistent associations between certain clinical and demographic characteristics and the occurrence of SIDS.1 I am concerned, however, that most of the differences which they report in prevalence of specific risk factors in each of their three subgroups of SIDS cases ("classic SIDS," "probable SIDS," "ossible SIDS"), result from the specific criteria which they used to define the three groups.

Prone sleep position and the sudden infant death syndrome in King County, Washington: A case-control study

1996 ◽  
Vol 128 (5) ◽  
pp. 626-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Taylor ◽  
James W. Krieger ◽  
Donald T. Reay ◽  
Robert L. Davis ◽  
Richard Harruff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽  
Infant Death ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Sudden Infant Death ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Sleep Position ◽  
Sudden Infant ◽  
King County ◽  
Control Study

STUDIES OF THE SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME IN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON. III. EPIDEMIOLOGY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 860-870
Author(s):  
Abraham B. Bergman ◽  
C. George Ray ◽  
Margaret A. Pomeroy ◽  
Patricia W. Wahl ◽  
J. Bruce Beckwith
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽  
Infant Death ◽  
Age Distribution ◽  
Birth Certificate ◽  
Sudden Infant Death ◽  
Sudden Infant ◽  
First Year ◽  
King County ◽  
Upper Respiratory Infection ◽  
First Year Of Life

Excluding the first week of life, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the greatest single cause of death during the first year of life and second only to accidents as the greatest killer of children under age 15. All cases of SIDS occurring in King County, Washington (170) during a 44-month period were studied. Birth certificate data from all children born in the county during the same period were utilized for comparison. Findings include a characteristic age distribution (peak at 2 to 3 months), preponderance in males, low birth weight babies, and in lower socioeconomic class families. "Seasonality" and apparent "time clustering" were present in the infants. All SIDS infants died during sleep in a silent fashion. Forty-four percent of the babies had an upper respiratory infection in the 2-week period prior to death. The epidemiologic findings point to viral infection as playing a major contributory role in SIDS.

Nasopharyngitis and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-533
Author(s):  
ALFRED STEINSCHNEIDER
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ◽  
Infant Death ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Sudden Infant Death ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Sudden Infant ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Inflammatory Processes ◽  
Upper Respiratory

Epidemiological studies repeatedly have demonstrated the importance of a number of variables in affecting the incidence of the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).1.2 Characteristically, the peak risk of SIDS is within the second to third month of life, with relatively few cases in the first month of life or after the first year. Another consistent observation is the association between minor upper respiratory tract inflammatory processes(nasopharyngitis) and SIDS: relatively more SIDS victims than controls have had clinical symptoms referable to the upper respiratory tract one to two weeks prior to death. Furthermore, histologic examinations have revealed upper respiratory tract

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