List five risk factors associated with an infant dying from SIDS.
What will be an ideal response?
Students can include any 5 of the 9 given points. Risk factors for SIDS include the following:
1) Sleeping in the prone position (on the stomach)
2) Having a sibling who has died of SIDS
3) Sleep apnea
4) Low birth weight
5) African American and Eskimo ethnicity
6) Low socioeconomic status
7) Passive exposure to cigarette smoke
8) Sleeping in soft bedding
9) Infants with abnormal brain stem functioning involving the neurotransmitter serotonin
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