Modern Medical and Biological Risk Factors of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Objective: to clarify the influence of modern medical and biological factors on the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Materials and Methods: 120 cases of deaths of infants that have occurred outside hospitals of Donetsk and Donetsk region in 1991–2010. Results: it is shown that among the factors that have an adverse effect on the development of SIDS in infants, should be considered: smoking and occupational hazard for mother, induced abortions, overcrowded apartment where the child lives in, the immaturity of the baby at birth. Particular attention should be paid to premorbid background of children who are at risk for sudden infant death syndrome. In this case, the most important are hypotrophy, gestational age at birth less than 36 weeks, rickets, low or high birth weight, artificial feeding, frequent SARS and status thymicolymphaticus. Conclusions: the study confirms the polyetiology of sudden infant death syndrome, in the origin of which the negative impact of medical and biological factors is obvious along with hereditary predisposition, the role of socioeconomic factors, the value of respiratory disorders, cardiac disorders.