Investigation of SIDS

Elliot M. Gross; Beverly Leffers; Marie A. Valdes-Dapena; Frederick Mandell; T. Allen Merritt; J. L. Emery; E. M. Taylor; E. S. Sweeney; Todd C. Grey; Sheldon H. Gottlieb; Millard Bass; Richard E. Kravath; Leonard Glass

doi:10.1056/NEJM198612253152611

Investigation of SIDS

Elliot M. Gross, Beverly Leffers, Marie A. Valdes-Dapena, Frederick Mandell, T. Allen Merritt, J. L. Emery, E. M. Taylor, E. S. Sweeney, Todd C. Grey, Sheldon H. Gottlieb, Millard Bass, Richard E. Kravath, Leonard Glass

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To the Editor: Bass et al. (July 10 issue)¹ recommend on-site, after-the-fact death-scene investigations of the deaths of infants who are dead on arrival at emergency rooms and whose cause of death is reported to be sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The accompanying editorial² outlines the difficulty that medical examiners encounter in investigating all deaths that are classified as SIDS and considered due to natural but undetermined causes. In the absence of a visit to the scene and complete information on a medical report form, a detailed autopsy with microscopical findings cannot rule out such causes as asphyxia and hyperthermia….

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1675-1677
Number of pages	3
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	315
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198612253152611
State	Published - Dec 25 1986

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