Video - Sudden infant death syndrome

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden unexplained death of a child less than one year of age. SIDS is a diagnosis of exclusion and requires that death remains unexplained even after a thorough autopsy and detailed death scene investigation. Possible risk factors for SIDS include sleeping on the stomach or side, sleeping on a soft surface, and exposure to cigarette smoke. over-bundling, and sleeping in a room where there are multiple people. To lower the risk of SIDS the recommendation is to not expose babies to cigarette smoke, and to make sure that babies sleep alone in a crib, on their backs, and without blankets.