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Definition of Cot death

1. Noun. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.

Definition of Cot death

1. Noun. (pathology British) The unexplained death of a baby, usually while sleeping. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cot death

1. May affect infants of any age, but some risk factors have been identified: term infants who have had a life-threatening period of apnoea (not breathing), premature infants of low birth weight, siblings of infants who have succumbed to sudden infant death syndrome and infants of substance abusing mothers. Peak age is at 2.5 months and 4 months, but can range from 1 month to 1 year. High risk infants should have home monitoring done. It is recommended that the less than 4 month old infant should sleep on their back. Synonym: cot death syndrome. Incidence: 2 per 1,000 live births. Acronym: SIDS (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Cot death

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke: The Report of the edited by Lauren Zeise, Amy J. Dunn (2000)
"... EM, Roberts, AP Results from the first year of the New Zealand cot death study. ... and other major risk factors for cot death: The New Zealand study. ..."

2. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1843)
"DEATH, pale daughter of the Night, Fatherless, and full of fright ; Death, that seeks the peasant's cot ; Death, that palace spareth not ; Banish from thy ..."

3. The School-room Guide: Embodying the Instruction Given by the Author at by Esmond Vedder DeGraff (1877)
"Children in the primary classes become very weary: '• activity is a law of childhood—inactivity is the symbol of death, if cot death itself. ..."

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