25 results for “sudden unexpected death in infancy”
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…
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 infant…
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…
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·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…
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…
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 …
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 · 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 · Female·hypoxic brain injury following respiratory arrest due to accidental suffocation …
…e harm, they would likely have been aware of the birth and removed the infant at that time, preventing her death.
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…
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…
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 (…
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…
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…
1y · Female·Suffocation due to co-sleeping (bed sharing)
…. The mother fell asleep while breastfeeding, with the baby positioned between her and the couch back. The death was completely preventable through adherence to safe sleep recommendations: infants should sleep on their …
14y · Male·Undetermined; high suspicion of non-accidental injury, most likely smothering, b…
… pathologists concluded smothering was the most likely cause but could not definitively establish cause of death. The case highlights challenges in diagnosing non-accidental injury in infants when autopsy findings, whil…
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·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…
0y · Female·undetermined; possible suffocation not definitively established at autopsy
…ad various understandings of care arrangements, the coroner found no causal link between their actions and death, noting legislative constraints. Key clinical lesson: home visits for vulnerable infants should systematic…
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