Despite declines in prevalence during the past two decades, sudden infant death syndrome
(SIDS) continues to be the leading cause of death for infants aged between 1 month and 1 …

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) still accounts for considerable numbers of
unexpected infant deaths in many countries. While numerous theories have been advanced …

The definition of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) originally appeared in 1969 and was
modified 2 decades later. During the following 15 years, an enormous amount of additional …

Background After striking changes in rates of sudden unexplained infant death (SIDS)
around 1990, four large case-control studies were set up to re-examine the epidemiology of …

As elected coroners came to be replaced by medical examiners with scientific training, the
American public became fascinated with their work. From the grisly investigations …

METHODS National SIDS and PNM rates were collected from a number of sources: Web
sites from national vital statistics centers and correspondence with statisticians provided on …

BACKGROUND: Sharp declines in sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) in the 1990s and
a diagnostic shift from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) to unknown cause and …

Currently, pediatric autopsy is more accepted than adult autopsy because parents want
more information about the death of their child and the implications for future pregnancies …

Objective. Serotonin (5-HT) in the nervous system is a major factor in facilitation of the brain
center for respiration. Variations in the promoter region of the 5-HT transporter (5-HTT) gene …

The past decade and a half has seen marked changes in the epidemiology of sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS). The avoidance of certain risk factors such as sleeping prone and …