| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3-36 |
| Number of pages | 34 |
| Journal | Current Problems in Pediatrics |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1973 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
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In: Current Problems in Pediatrics, Vol. 3, No. 8, 06.1973, p. 3-36.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The sudden infant death syndrome
AU - Bruce Beckwith, J.
N1 - Funding Information: THE SUDDEN and unexpected deaths of apparently thriving infants represent an appalling tragedy to families of victims and are a major cause of infant mortality. Such deaths apparently have been occurring throughout recorded h,~man history, yet only in recent years has this tragic condition been recognized as a specific clinicopathologic entity. Since the majority of such deaths are accompanied by only trivial anatomic changes, there has been a plethora of hypotheses put forth to fill the factual void as to the specific cause of death. Because of wide-spread, recent attention to the problem, a rather bulky literature on the subject has been developed, much of it weighted toward theory rather than observed fact. Many individuals with "theories in search of diseases" have applied these to sudden infant death, with results that have varied from stimulating productive research on the one hand to the production of tragic guilt reactions on the part of familes of victims on the other. The goal of this paper is to present a general review of the problem, including data from 500 consecutive, personally studied cases since January 1, 1965. During this period the author has been a member of a research team involved in a multifaceted study of the problem and has been responsible for the conduct of all postmortem studies. These cases were drawn from two parallel sources: the King County Study, representing an intensive case-finding effort and including every possible case occurring in this given geographic area, 1-s and the previously unreported Washington Study in which random cases of sudden infant No-rE: This work was supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service Grant H.D. 01659; an appropriation (1963-1966) from the Washington State Legislature; and the Washington Association for Sudden Infant Death Study, the Sudden Infant Death Memorial Fund and the Laura Patience Paschall Memorial Fund.
PY - 1973/6
Y1 - 1973/6
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U2 - 10.1016/S0045-9380(73)80020-9
DO - 10.1016/S0045-9380(73)80020-9
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SN - 0045-9380
VL - 3
SP - 3
EP - 36
JO - Current Problems in Pediatrics
JF - Current Problems in Pediatrics
IS - 8
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