There has not been enough research to identify risk factors, common characteristics, or prevention strategies for SUDC.
SUDC is similar in concept to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
The causes of SIDS and SUDC are not definitively known but there are good chances heart arrhythmias and seizures are the main causes.
Researchers are exploring a possible connection between sudden unexplained death in toddlers, febrile seizures, and hippocampal anomalies.
[3] SUDC deaths have occurred at the following sites:[4] The placed and found positions were as follows: *applies only to youngest children At the SIDS Alliance national convention in Atlanta, GA in 1999 Dr. Henry Krous gave a presentation titled "Post-Infancy SIDS: Is it on the rise?"