title: Why is a postmortem examination important when an infant or child dies suddenly?
authors.forename: Henry F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Krous
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003933:Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010336:Pathology / Q000379:methods*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*