In April 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a statement recommending that healthy infants be placed for sleep on their sides or backs, rather than being placed prone. The recommendation was based on numerous reports from other countries that showed that the prone sleeping position is associated with a higher incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance is a national, not-for-profit,voluntary health organization dedicated to the support of SIDS families,education and research. The SIDS Alliance was established in 1987 in an effortto unite parents and friends of SIDS victims with medical, business and civicgroups concerned about the health of America's babies.
A comfort zone for grieving families who have lost a child to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). The site has a chat room, message board, mailing list, poetry, instructions to make SIDS awareness ribbons, stories and photos of babies who have died of SIDS, including a calendar of their birth and death dates, postcards, site search, links, advice and suggestions, SIDS research questionnaire, worldwide candle lighting.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, also known as SIDS, is the death of an infant under one year of age, in which there is no other identifiable cause of the death. All other possible causes, including hea...
SIDS refers to "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome." This is a medical term that is used to describe the unexplained and sudden death of an infant after other causes have been ruled out completely. ...
SIDS has been defined as the abrupt and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year of age, remaining unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history.