Open AccessSudden Unexpected Postnatal Collapse Resulting in Newborn Death in the United States
Author(s) -
Tatiana M. Anderson,
Juan M. Lavista Ferres,
JanMarino Ramirez,
Edwin A. Mitchell
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mcn, the american journal of maternal child nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.326
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1539-0683
pISSN - 0361-929X
DOI - 10.1097/nmc.0000000000000711
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , epidemiology , gestational age , pregnancy , obstetrics , genetics , biology
The sudden collapse of an apparently healthy newborn, or sudden unexpected postnatal collapse (SUPC) is fatal in about half of cases. Epidemiological characteristics of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) in the first week of life differ from those in the postperinatal age group (7-365 days).