National Australian workshop consensus on the definition of SIDS and initiation of a uniform autopsy approach to unexpected infant and early childhood death

RW Byard, D Ranson, HF Krous… - 2005 - Springer
Following formulation of a new definition for SIDS, a workshop was convened in Canberra
Australia, in March 2004, by SIDS and KIDS, Australia. Attendences included forensic and …

Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI): suggested classification and applications to facilitate research activity

PS Blair, RW Byard, PJ Fleming - Forensic science, medicine, and …, 2012 - Springer
SUDI, or sudden unexpected death in infancy, is a term that has been variably used to refer
to all cases of sudden and unexpected deaths in infancy, and not just to those where the …

The Pathological Approach to Sudden Infant Death—Consensus or Confusion?: Recommendations from the Second SIDS Global Strategy Meeting, Stavangar …

RW Byard, LE Becker, PJ Berry… - The American journal …, 1996 - journals.lww.com
Although infant deaths form only a small component of forensic practice, sudden infant death
syndrome (SIDS) in Western countries has accounted for the majority of deaths within the …

Reclassification of SIDS cases—a need for adjustment of the San Diego classification?

LL Jensen, MC Rohde, J Banner, RW Byard - International journal of legal …, 2012 - Springer
A study was undertaken reclassifying cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) taken
from two geographically separate locations utilizing the San Diego definition with …

Is SIDS still a 'diagnosis' in search of a disease?

RW Byard, LL Jensen - Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a term used when a previously apparently well
infant is found unexpectedly dead and death scene and autopsy examinations fail to reveal …

Sudden unexplained death in childhood. An audit of the quality of autopsy reporting

A Treacy, J Cryan, C McGarvey, D Devaney… - 2013 - lenus.ie
Cases of sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC) in Ireland in children aged> 1year
and< 5 years were examined in order to assess the quality of autopsy reporting. All SUDC …

Toward a standardized investigation protocol in sudden unexpected deaths in infancy in South Africa: a multicenter study of medico-legal investigation procedures …

L du Toit-Prinsloo, J Dempers, J Verster… - … science, medicine, and …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Introduction South Africa manifests a socio-economic dichotomy that shows
features of both a developed and developing country. As a result of this, areas exist where a …

Post-mortem investigation of sudden unexpected death in infancy: role of autopsy in classification of death

MA Weber, NJ Sebire - Forensic Pathology Reviews, 2011 - Springer
Sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI) represent the commonest group of post-
neonatal childhood deaths. Pathologists in the UK are currently recommended to follow the …

Changing trends in the diagnosis of sudden infant death

E Mitchell, HF Krous, T Donald… - The American journal of …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
A study of 114 consecutive cases of unexpected infant death that occurred in South Australia
over a 5-year period from January 1994 to December 1998 was undertaken. There were 45 …

Is SIDS on the rise??

LB Shields, JC Hunsaker 3rd, TS Corey… - The Journal of the …, 2007 - europepmc.org
Objective Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is defined as a diagnosis of exclusion, after
an evaluation of the medical history, complete postmortem examination, and scene …