By PPN News Staff
Sudden unexplained deaths in young children, which usually occur during sleep, may be linked to brief seizures accompanied by muscle convulsions, according to a new study by researchers at NYU Langone Health (Neurology 2024 Jan 4;102[3]. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000208038).
Almost 3,000 children younger than 4 years die from sudden death each year in the United States. Most deaths are among infants in what is referred to as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), but 400 or more