ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2020
Protocols, practices, and needs for investigating sudden unexpected infant deaths.
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- A narrative review of sudden infant death syndrome: pathophysiology, risk factors, and prevention.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Global burden, inequalities, frontier dynamics, and risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis from the global burden of disease study 2021.Translational pediatrics · 2025Article
- Postmortem diagnostics in sudden unexpected death in infants and children: use and utility.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Observational
- Rates of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): State of the Art and Future Directions.International journal of medical sciences · 2024Review
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- Half Century Since SIDS: A Reappraisal of Terminology.Pediatrics · 2021Article
- Explaining Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths, 2011-2017.Pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
Understanding case identification practices, protocols, and training needs of medical examiners and coroners (MEC) may inform efforts to improve cause-of-death certification. We surveyed a U.S.-representative sample of MECs and described investigation practices and protocols used in certifying sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID). We also identified MEC training and resource needs. Of the 377 respondents, use of the SUID Investigation Reporting Form or an equivalent was 89% for large, 87% for medium, and 52% for small jurisdictions. Routine completion of infant medical history, witness interviews, autopsy, photos or videos, and family social history for infant death investigations was ≥80%, but routine scene re-creation with a doll was 30% in small, 64% in medium, and 59% in large offices. Seventy percent of MECs reported infant death investigation training needs. Increased training and use of standardized practices may improve SUID cause-of-death certification, allowing us to better understand SUID.
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