%0 Journal Article
%T Sudden infant death syndrome: an unrecognized killer in developing countries
%A Ikenna Kingsley Ndu
%J Archive of "Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics".
%D 2016
%R 10.2147/PHMT.S99685
%X Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is defined as the sudden unexpected death of an infant <1 year of age, with onset of the fatal episode apparently occurring during sleep, that remains unexplained after a thorough investigation including performance of a complete autopsy and review of the circumstances of death and the clinical history. SIDS contributes to infant mortality and resulted in กซ15,000 deaths globally in 2013. Most of the risk factors of SIDS are common in developing countries; yet, there has been little interest in SIDS by researchers in Africa. This review looks at the extent of the attention given to SIDS in a developing country like Nigeria, and factors responsible for the scarce data concerning this significant cause of mortality
%K SIDS
%K mortality
%K Nigeria
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5683278/