英国亚特兰大婴儿猝死综合征(SIDS)研究所的Winn医师提出一个新的假说:正常的胚胎或胎儿的中枢神经系统在子宫内受到某种损伤,使婴儿出现一种慢性异常,有时仅引起低氧,有时引起室息致死。 Winn认为15％的婴儿猝死可以找到解释,如各种感染、意外事故、畸形或遗传性疾病。另外80％的婴儿猝死符合SIDS的诊断:“婴幼儿突然死亡,其原因不能以病史及仔细的尸检所见加以解释”。 Winn, MD, from the Institute of SIDS at Atlanta in the United Kingdom proposed a new hypothesis that the normal nervous system of the embryo or fetus is damaged in the uterus to cause a chronic abnormality in the infant that sometimes only causes hypoxia , Sometimes caused by breathless death. Winn thinks 15% of sudden infant deaths can be explained, such as various infections, accidents, deformities or genetic diseases. Another 80% of sudden infant deaths are in line with the SIDS diagnosis: “The sudden death of an infant can not be explained by its history and careful autopsy findings.”