title: Investigation of sudden infant deaths.
abstract: The diagnosis of SIDS depends on an analysis of information derived from two primary sources: the scene investigation and the autopsy examination. This paper identifies those details that an observer should look for and consider in completing a report of the circumstances of the death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Smialek
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lambros
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007237:Infanticide; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000473:pathology*