Les nouvelles recommandations pour la prise en charge des morts inattendues du nourrisson

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De la mort subite du nourrisson à la mort inattendue du nourrisson

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Sudden deaths in adult-worn baby carriers: 19 cases

Soft infant carriers such as slings have become extremely popular in the west and are usually considered safe. We report 19 cases of sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) linked to infant carrier. Most patients were healthy full-term babies less than 3 months of age, and suffocation was the most frequent cause of death. Conclusion: Infant carriers represent an underestimated cause of death by suffocation in neonates.What is Known:• Sudden unexpected deaths in infancy linked to infant carrier have been only sparsely reported.What is New:• We report a series of 19 cases strongly suggesting age of less than 3 months as a risk factor and suffocation as the mechanism of death.SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

A public hearing. " Shaken baby syndrome: Guidelines on establishing a robust diagnosis and the procedures to be adopted by healthcare and social services staff" Scoping report

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A public hearing " Shaken baby syndrome: Guidelines on establishing a robust diagnosis and the procedures to be adopted by healthcare and social services staff" Guidelines issued by the Hearing Commission

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Role of congenital long-QT syndrome in unexplained sudden infant death: proposal for an electrocardiographic screening in relatives.

International audienceINTRODUCTION: Congenital long-QT syndrome (LQTS) is a sporadic or familial inherited arrhythmia. It can lead to sudden death by ventricular fibrillation which occurs at any age but particularly during infancy. Recent studies of postmortem molecular analysis in infants who died of unexplained sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) showed abnormal mutations to LQTS in 10% to 12%. Current methods of etiologic investigation of sudden infant death syndrome do not allow the diagnosis of LQTS. A targeted anamnesis together with systematic electrocardiograms of first- and second-degree relatives could be an efficient LQTS diagnostic tool. Therefore, we propose to include them in screening procedures for SIDS etiologies. CONCLUSION: LQTS accounts for a significant number of unexplained SIDS. We suggest adding a systematic familial electrocardiographic screening to the current etiologic investigations in order to track congenital LQTS in relatives