What is SUDC?
SUDC FACTS
- Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) is a category of death in children between the ages of 1 and 18 that remains unexplained after a thorough investigation, including an autopsy.
- Most often, a seemingly healthy child goes to sleep and never wakes up.
- At this time, we do not know what causes SUDC, how to predict it or how to prevent it.
- A medical examiner or coroner could rule a child’s death SUDC when s/he completes a thorough evaluation and finds no other cause of death.
- Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) is a category of death in children between the ages of 1 and 18 that remains unexplained after a thorough investigation, including an autopsy.
- Most often, a seemingly healthy child goes to sleep and never wakes up.
- At this time, we do not know what causes SUDC, how to predict it or how to prevent it.
- A medical examiner or coroner could rule a child’s death SUDC when s/he completes a thorough evaluation and finds no other cause of death.
FACES OF SUDC
Contact Info
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