title: Failure to detect elevated levels of carboxyhemoglobin in infants dying from SIDS.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Meny
authors.forename: Hendrik J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Vreman
authors.forename: David K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: Fern R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Hauck
authors.forename: Edmund R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Donoghue
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Smialek
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: H Ronald
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Zielke
mesh_terms: D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin