Failure to detect elevated levels of carboxyhemoglobin in infants dying from SIDS.
Carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels were determined in stored blood samples from 91 infants diagnosed to have died from the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) (0.59+/-0.41%, excluding one outlying value of 10.83%); 48 age-matched controls (0.53+/-0.38%); and three individuals who died from fire related causes (41+/-20%). No statistical differences in COHb levels were detected between blood from SIDS and control infants (p = 0.43).
Meny
Robert G
RG
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201, USA.
Vreman
Hendrik J
HJ
Stevenson
David K
DK
Hauck
Fern R
FR
Donoghue
Edmund R
ER
Smialek
John E
JE
Fowler
David R
DR
Zielke
H Ronald
HR
D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000097:blood*
D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin