Most advocate continued monitoring until 1 week after attaining term post-conceptual age. Back to top 2. Term should be understood as merely a syndrome that describes chief complain at presentation for many possible different entities. Incidence, prevalence pretty much unknown, this mostly due to inconsistencies in definitions, inconsistencies in diagnostic efforts, heterogeneity of possible causes, etc. Usually occurs in infants with young mothers, of low socioeconomic status.
Most episodes occur during daytime hours and when infant is awake .
Munchausen by proxy CHD Inborn errors Drug effect Treatment and prognosis are contingent to etiology of episode. No definite universally accepted criteria. For most infants, if etiology of event well defined and under treatment, no need for home monitoring. Frequently indicated for those infants that required resuscitation, those with abnormal polysomnograms or those with family history of two or more SIDS victims. Back to the top 3.