학술논문

How reliable are SIDS rates?
Document Type
Article
Source
Archives of Disease in Childhood. Oct2005, Vol. 90 Issue 10, p1082-1083. 2p.
Subject
*SUDDEN infant death syndrome
*INFANT death
*SYNDROMES in children
*JUVENILE diseases
*DIAGNOSIS
*CLINICAL medicine
Language
ISSN
0003-9888
Abstract
There is increasing concern with using SIDS as a diagnosis, especially where the postmortem examination reveals additional findings that may be contributory to the death exclusion. This report shows how varying the criteria for a diagnosis of SIDS significantly alters the SIDS rate in Ireland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]