Death-Scene Investigation in Sudden Infant Death

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 315; no. 2; pp. 100 - 105
• Main Authors: Bass, Millard, Kravath, Richard E, Glass, Leonard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 10.07.1986
• Subjects: Accidents, Home; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Asphyxia - diagnosis; Autopsy; Babies; Biological and medical sciences; Bronchopneumonia - diagnosis; Child abuse & neglect; Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation; Coroners and Medical Examiners; Diagnosis, Differential; Emergency medical care; Epidemiology; Female; Fever - diagnosis; Forensic pathology; Health risk assessment; Heat; Humans; Hyperthermia; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infants; Injuries; Investigations; Male; Medical sciences; New York City; Paint removers; Pediatrics; SIDS; Socioeconomic Factors; Sudden Infant Death - epidemiology; Sudden infant death syndrome; Traumatic brain injury; New York City; Human; Infant; Sudden death

We conducted death-scene investigations in 26 consecutive cases in which a presumptive diagnosis of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) was made and the infants were brought to the emergency room of the Kings County Hospital Center between October 1983 and January 1985. In six cases, we observed str...