SIDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does SIDS mean? 

• SIDS (noun)
  The noun SIDS has 1 sense:

1. sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep

  Familiarity information: SIDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cot death; crib death; infant death; SIDS; sudden infant death syndrome

Hypernyms ("SIDS" is a kind of...):

death (the absence of life or state of being dead)

sleep apnea (apnea that occurs during sleep)

 Context examples 

To conduct the study, a multi-center team of scientists from throughout the U.S. and in South Africa formed the Prenatal Alcohol in SIDS and Stillbirth (PASS) Network.

(Combined prenatal smoking and drinking greatly increases SIDS risk, National Institutes of Health)

In the current study, researchers reported that 31 percent of SIDS infants (19 of 61) had elevated blood levels of serotonin.

(Blood of SIDS infants contains high levels of serotonin, National Institutes of Health)

Also called SIDS and sudden infant death syndrome.

(Crib death, NCI Dictionary)

Our findings suggest that combined exposures to alcohol and tobacco have a synergistic effect on SIDS risk, given that dual exposure was associated with substantially higher risk than either exposure alone.

(Combined prenatal smoking and drinking greatly increases SIDS risk, National Institutes of Health)

SIDS is the sudden death of an infant under one year of age that remains unexplained after a complete autopsy and death scene investigation.

(Blood of SIDS infants contains high levels of serotonin, National Institutes of Health)

They found that 66 infants died during that time, including 28 SIDS deaths and 38 deaths from known causes.

(Combined prenatal smoking and drinking greatly increases SIDS risk, National Institutes of Health)

The finding raises the possibility that a test could be developed to distinguish SIDS cases from other causes of sleep-related, unexpected infant death.

(Blood of SIDS infants contains high levels of serotonin, National Institutes of Health)

Some studies have also found that prenatal alcohol exposure, particularly from heavy drinking during pregnancy, can increase SIDS risk.

(Combined prenatal smoking and drinking greatly increases SIDS risk, National Institutes of Health)

In previous studies, the researchers reported multiple serotonin-related brain abnormalities in SIDS cases, including a decrease in serotonin in regions involved in breathing, heart rate patterns, blood pressure, temperature regulation, and arousal during sleep.

(Blood of SIDS infants contains high levels of serotonin, National Institutes of Health)

SIDS is the sudden, unexplained, death of an infant under 1 year of age.

(Combined prenatal smoking and drinking greatly increases SIDS risk, National Institutes of Health)