by Ken Lund
Sudden infant death syndrome
Overview
Typically the infant is found dead after having been put to bed, and exhibits no signs of having suffered.
SIDS is a diagnosis of exclusion. It should only be applied to an infant whose death is sudden and unexpected and remains unexplained after the performance of an adequate postmortem investigation including
an autopsy;
investigation of the scene and circumstances of the death;
exploration of the medical history of the infant and f
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