A Study in Cot Death

Cooke, R. T.; Welch, R. G.

doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5424.1549

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“…SEX Males predominate in only four series. In three of these (Garsche, 1949;Cooke and Welch, 1964;Ministry of Health, 1965) the sexes are about equal, and in the other (Cameron and Asher, 1965) there is a marked female preponderance (M/F = 80/92).…”

Section: General Factors Incidencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Epidemiology of sudden unexpected death in infants ('cot death') in Northern Ireland.

Froggatt¹,

Lynas²,

MacKenzie³

1971

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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Section: General Factors Incidencementioning

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“…MULTIPLE BIRTHS SUD is frequent among twins, equally so for males and females and in like and unlike pairs. When both partners have been SUD cases their deaths have usually been contemporaneous (Wockel and Raue, 1961;Cooke and Welch, 1964;Geertinger, 1968). …”

Section: Seasonal Variationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiology of sudden unexpected death in infants ('cot death') in Northern Ireland.

Froggatt¹,

Lynas²,

MacKenzie³

1971

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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“…Although the later death of a surviving co-twin from SIDS is reported as uncommon, it has been suggested 16 that the death of both twins on the same day from SIDS may be relatively more frequent. Several other reports 17,18 have documented the occurrence of simultaneous SIDS among twins. In addition, the study of SIDS among twins offers the opportunity to evaluate hereditary and environmental interactions.…”

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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Among Twins

Malloy¹,

Freeman²

1999

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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“…Three concordant deaths described in three separate studies were all coeval.5 6 9 Cooke and Welch additionally described three cases of concordant, coeval SID in twins that they studied in nearby towns (not part of their study population). 5 Spiers' study was specifically of twins. 13 The number of cases of SID he describes is inflated because he excluded only deaths ascribed to traumatic causes.…”

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Vaccination and cot deaths in perspective.

Roberts¹

1987

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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SUMMARY In 1985 twin boys simultaneously succumbed to sudden unexpected deaths two to three hours after vaccination with diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine (DTP). This occurrence again raises the question of whether an association of sudden infant death (SID) with vaccination is other than temporal. Taking the incidence of SID in conjunction with rates of infant vaccination in the United Kingdom, nine infants would be expected to die, each year by chance alone, suddenly within 24 hours of (and within each 24 hour period succeeding) vaccination with DTP. Twins are at a greater risk of SID than single born infants and occasionally are found dead together. A number of studies into DTP vaccination as a risk factor in SID have shown that SID is less common in vaccinated than in unvaccinated infants. Sudden infant death (SID) is a term used for thoseunexpected sudden deaths of infants that cannot be adequately explained and is often characterised by the baby being found dead in its cot. It has a characteristic age distribution, occurring chiefly in infants less than 1 year old and peaking in those aged 2-3 months. Theories abound about the possible causes, and vaccination has been put forward as one of these, chiefly because of occasional temporal association. The simultaneous deaths of 5 month old twin boys within three hours of vaccination with adsorbed diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine (DTP) again raises the question of association with vaccination.

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A Study in Cot Death

Cited by 42 publications

References 7 publications

Epidemiology of sudden unexpected death in infants ('cot death') in Northern Ireland.

Epidemiology of sudden unexpected death in infants ('cot death') in Northern Ireland.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Among Twins

Vaccination and cot deaths in perspective.

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