Sudden infant death syndrome

True. Nicotine, carbon monoxide and other harmful chemicals from the burning tobacco travel in the mother s bloodstream and can reach the foetus. This can result in impaired development and reduced birth weight. Tobacco smoke can also be harmful to young children and babies (sudden infant death syndrome). 

SIDS Sudden infant death syndrome TMJ Temporomandibular joint... 

Haglund B, Cnattingius S. 1990. Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome A population-based study. Am J Public Health 80 29-32. 

SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) Commonly known as cot death. 

The diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT) vaccine, which has prevented more than 95% morbidity from these diseases, has been linked with convulsions, encephalitis, and sudden infant death syndrome. ... 

Aim B, Milerad J, Wennergren G, Skjaerven R, Oyen N, Norvenius G, Daitveit AK, Helweg-Larsen K, Markestad T, Irgens LM. (1998). A case-control study of smoking and sudden infant death syndrome in the Scandinavian countries, 1992 to 1995. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study. Arch Dis Child. 78(4) 329-34. 

Ford RP, Schluter PJ, Mitchell EA, Taylor BJ, Scragg R, Stewart AW. (1998). Fleavy caffeine intake in pregnancy and sudden infant death syndrome. New Zealand Cot Death Study Group. Arch Dis Child. 78(1) 9-13. 

Schellscheidt J, Oyen N, Jorch G. (1997). Interactions between maternal smoking and other prenatal risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Acta Paediatr. 86(8) 857-63. 

Comment on "Whole blood levels of dodecanoic acid, a routinely detectable forensic marker for a genetic disease often misdiagnosed as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) MCAD deficiency". 

Prevalence of medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency in the sudden infant death syndrome. 

Scottish frequency of the common G985 mutation in the medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) gene and the role of MCAD deficiency in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). 

In addition to all of the adverse effects and contraindications previously described for morphine, the following contraindications apply specifically to these drugs. They are contraindicated in pregnant women because of their potential teratogenic effects. They also can cause respiratory depression in the mother, which reduces oxygenation of fetal blood, and in the newborn the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in the newborn is also increased. 

J. Taylor. Are risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome different at night Arch Dis Child 2002 87(4) CS376... 

Sudden infant death syndrome. Water-soluble smoke extract, in cell culture supernatants of mouse fibroblasts (L-929 cell line), produced an increase in TNF-a from respiratory syncytial virus-infected cells. It decreased TNF-a from cells incubated with toxic shock syndrome toxin. Incubation with cigarette smoke extract decreased the NO production from respiratory syncytial virus-infected cells and increased the NO production from cells incubated with toxic shock syndrome toxin. Monocytes from a minority of individuals demonstrated extreme TNF-a responses and/or very high or very low NO. The proportion of samples in which extreme responses with a very high TNF-a and very low NO were detected was increased in the presence of the three agents to 20% compared with 0% observed with toxic shock syndrome toxin. One to 4% was observed with cigarette smoke extract or respiratory syncytial virus L Symphatomimetic activity. Water extract of the dried leaf, administered intravenously to cats at doses of 0.05 and 10-20 mg/kg. 

D. M. Weir, A. Busuttil, and C. Blackwell. Exposure to cigarette smoke, a major risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome effects of cigarette smoke on inflammatory responses to viral infection and bacterial toxins. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 1999 25(1-2) 145-154. 

Smoking (constituents of tobacco smoke) All Intrauterine growth retardation prematurity sudden infant death syndrome perinatal complications... 

Exposure to powerful drugs does have a serious impact on infant mortality, including low birth weight, developmental disabilities, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Use of crack cocaine has declined somewhat since the 1990s, but a 2001 study by the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that much of the damage previously attributed to cocaine use may in fact be attributable to alcohol or tobacco that was also used by the mothers in question. Even moderate use of alcohol poses a risk to the fetus. 

MCAD dehydrogenase deficiency has been identified as the cause of some cases originally reported as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or Reye s syndrome.]... 

Multi-Mini Core Disease Tachycardia Arrhythmogenic RightV entricularDys plasia/Cardiomyopathy Sudden Infant Death Syndrome... 

RYR2 DISEASE SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS)... 

Tester, D. J., Carturan, E., Dura, M., Reiken, S., Wronska, A., Marks, A. R., and Ackerman, M. J. (2006b). Molecular and Functional Characterization of Novel RyR2-Encoded Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor/Calcium Release Channel Mutations in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Heart Rhythm 3(5-Sl) S67. 

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is strongly linked to smoking in pregnant women and new mothers. Children of smoking mothers are more likely to have motor control problems, perception impairments, symptoms of hyperactivity, and conduct disorder in childhood. These children have a higher risk for cancer later in life. 

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