title: How reliable are SIDS rates?
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Sheehan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McGarvey
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Devaney
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*