A study on how to increase the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) autopsy rate.
To clarify the real cause of death of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), it is the most urgent and important subject to increase the autopsy rate of SIDS. So, we make following three proposals. (1) SIDS must be reported to the police. (2) Autopsy of SIDS must be performed in the area where a medical examiner's system is established. (3) Medical examiner's system or similar system must be established in all big cities. (4) It is desirable to perform autopsy in the area having no medical examiner's system by judicial autopsy or pathological autopsy by pathologists having diploma in postmortem medical examination.
D001344:Autopsy; D002423:Cause of Death; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000175:diagnosis*