The sudden infant is defined as the sudden death of a baby before completing the first year, even after a thorough investigation inexplicable. This nightmare all parents in Germany is the most common cause of death in children between the first and seventh month after the birth. Since Germany in international comparison, however, a country of first-class medical care, is this statement, especially the low mortality from other causes approach to explain the reasons is that in affected infants certain brain regions responsible for the control of important body functions such as breathing rate, heart rate and body temperature are not fully trained. If they then combined with adverse environmental influences reigns of the deformed brain and prevents this vital factor for the sleepless nights in circles makes parents is that the death of the child in most cases occurring in his sleep. However, we also are not powerless, as in repeated case studies related to sleeping position in a situation abdomen has been identified. Thus the only good tip infants to sleep on their backs to be disclosed.
An advertising campaign for the purpose of this measure in other countries has been significant decreases in the number of sudden infant deceased infants. The sudden infant, still remains one of the biggest challenges of today’s medicine, despite years of research causes no precise explanations exist.