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MeSH Heading: Sudden Infant Death
Tree Number(s): C23.550.260.322.625; C23.550.260.657.500
Unique ID: D013398
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013398
Scope Note: 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. (Pediatr Pathol 1991 Sep-Oct;11(5):677-84)
Entry Term(s): Cot Death; Crib Death; Death, Sudden Infant; SID; SIDS; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
NLM Classification #: WS 430
Previous Indexing: Death, Sudden (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 75; SID was see SUDDEN INFANT DEATH 1993
Online Note: use SUDDEN INFANT DEATH to search SID 1993
History Note: 75; SID was see SUDDEN INFANT DEATH 1993
Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2014/06/16

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

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diagnosis (DI)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

pathology (PA)

prevention & control (PC)

Concept UI: M0020725
Scope Note: 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. (Pediatr Pathol 1991 Sep-Oct;11(5):677-84)
Terms: Sudden Infant Death Preferred Term
Term UI T039328
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1975); Cot Death
Term UI T039325
Date11/11/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Death, Sudden Infant
Term UI T000860653
Date06/13/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); SIDS
Term UI T039327
Date10/21/1992
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Term UI T039329
Date01/24/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; SID
Term UI T039330
Date10/21/1992
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Crib Death
Term UI T039326
Date11/11/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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