Abstract

AVALOS GONZALEZ, María Marlen; POULOT LIMONTA, Santos; MARINO MEMBRIBES, Eida Rosa  and  HERNANDEZ VALDES, Gudelia Miguelina. Sudden infant death syndrome. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2009, vol.25, n.2. ISSN 0864-2125.

In our health area, there was a case of sudden infant death, in a patient aged 7 months, male, with previous health backgrounds and negative family pathologic backgrounds. Its death was inexplicable, even after a complete necropsy, the research of death scene, and the medical record assessment of child and its family. Sudden infant death syndrome is an unknown cause, probably of multifactor origin. We must to be on the alert to avoid the more frequent factors associating with these children, and thus to prevent appearance of this syndrome.

Keywords : Sudden death; infant; risk factors.

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