Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the most common diagnosis in infants who die at one month to one year of age. After two decades of increased public awareness and intensified research into the causes and prevention of SIDS, its cause or causes are unknown and its prevalence is unchanged. In this issue of the Journal, Bass and associates report on 26 consecutive cases of sudden unexpected death in young infants, in 23 of whom the medical examiner subsequently diagnosed SIDS.1 Bass et al. conducted an independent detailed investigation of the scene of death. On the basis of this . . .

This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit: