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SUDDEN DEATH<br />

1. <strong>Sudden</strong> <strong>Unexplained</strong> <strong>Death</strong> <strong>Syndrome</strong> (SUDS)<br />

2. <strong>Sudden</strong> <strong>Unexplained</strong> <strong>Nocturnal</strong> <strong>Death</strong><br />

<strong>Syndrome</strong> (<strong>SUNDS</strong>)<br />

3. <strong>Sudden</strong> Infant <strong>Death</strong> <strong>Syndrome</strong> (SIDS)<br />

(or<br />

“Crib<br />

<strong>Death</strong>”)<br />

SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED<br />

DEATH SYNDROME (SUDS)<br />

DEFINITION:<br />

<strong>Sudden</strong> death in previously (within past 24 hrs) healthy<br />

individuals, without known predisposing illness;<br />

occurring in persons of both sexes, from age 20-44 yrs;<br />

with no definitive pathological findings; no homicidal<br />

or suicidal indications.<br />

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