18 results for “SUDI sudden unexpected death in infancy”
This document is not a coroner's finding about a specific deceased person. It is a SUDI (Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy) classification framework used by NSW coroners to categorise unexpected…
5y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI +0); exact cause unascertained
A 5-month-old premature infant with low birth weight died suddenly and unexpectedly at home. Toxicological testing revealed the presence of frusemide (a diuretic medicatio…
Kayla Ewin: Unascertained (SUDI 0+); Iziah O'Sullivan: Unascertained (SUDI 0)
Two infants died suddenly and unexpectedly at home with unascertained causes classified as SUDI (Sudden Unexpected Death in Infanc…
5y · Female·suffocation
…th both parents and an older sibling. The infant was anatomically normal and in good health at the time of death. Co-sleeping posed an inherent risk of suffocation, which was exacerbated when a four-year-old brother joi…
0y · Female·Sudden unexpected death of an infant (SUDI) from viral pneumonitis (Rhinovirus a…
A 5-week-old Aboriginal infant with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) died of sudden unexpected infant death (SUDI) caused by viral pneumonitis from rhinovirus and enterovirus. She was found …
0y · Male·unexpected death in infancy whilst co-sleeping with an adult and older child
A 2-month-old infant died unexpectedly while co-sleeping with his mother and 5-year-old sister on a mattress in the lounge room. Autopsy reve…
Female·Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI), otherwise undetermined
Two infants died suddenly and unexpectedly. The first child died at home at 3 months of age in an unsafe sleeping environment with…
Sudden Unexplained Death of an Infant (SUDI) in an unsafe sleeping environment; …
…nments in the Northern Territory. Baby K (3 months), Baby B (2 months), and Baby S (5 weeks) all died from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) associated with co-sleeping risk factors including parental intoxicatio…
1y · Female·sudden unexpected death in infancy due to hypoxic episode while co-bedding with …
Arisa Huber, a newborn, died from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) due to hypoxic episode while co-bedding with her exhausted mother in a …
0y · Female·Suffocation due to unsafe sleeping environment with overlying and/or bedding ent…
A 7-week-old baby died following unsafe sleep practices. Born prematurely at 37 weeks with reflux and bronchopneumonia, the infant was placed to sleep on an adult mattress with two adults and another child, rather than i…
8y · Female·Unascertained; circumstances suggest possible mechanical asphyxia in co-sleeping…
An 8-month-old premature infant died of unascertained causes while co-sleeping with her mother on a fold-out couch. Post-mortem examination revealed no significant injuries or toxins, but the sleeping position raised the…
0y · Male·suffocation due to overlay by a sleeping adult
…h hand placement), she unintentionally rolled onto the infant during sleep, causing fatal suffocation. The death was entirely preventable. Key clinical lesson: infants must always sleep in their own safe sleep surface (…
0y · Female·Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS Category II)
A 3-month-old female infant died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS Category II) after co-sleeping with her parents. The death occurred in the con…
Zara Schupelius: suffocation; Callum Smith: undetermined; Jake Hackett: suffocat…
Concurrent inquests into five sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI), three attributed to suffocation and two undetermined but with suffoca…
varied: sudden unexpected death in infancy (unsafe sleeping environment); drowni…
Coroner's joint inquest into deaths of seven children (six infants and one child aged 16 years) between 2014 and 2018 in Tasmania. All famili…
0y · Unknown·Mechanical asphyxiation as a consequence of overlaying
… each time, the morning shift midwife did not intervene, leaving Baby A co-sleeping despite known high-risk SUDI factors (prematurity, low birth weight, maternal fatigue). Key clinical lessons include: consistently apply…
Infant W: asphyxia due to accidental overlay by parent in unsafe sleeping enviro…
…ided adequate safe sleeping information, but CSS did not reinforce these messages. The coroner found these deaths potentially preventable through proper risk assessment, application for court protection orders, and cons…
0y · Female·Mechanical asphyxia due to or as a consequence of overlaying while bed-sharing d…
… maternal fatigue, absence of safety instructions, and inadequate frequency of observations. Three similar deaths across Queensland hospitals highlighted systemic policy gaps and inconsistent implementation.
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