Recurrence of unexpected infant death
作者:
S Wolkind,
EM Taylor,
AJ Waite,
M Dalton,
JL Emery,
期刊:
Acta Pædiatrica
(WILEY Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 82,
issue 11
页码: 873-876
ISSN:0803-5253
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1111/j.1651-2227.1993.tb12583.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Cot death;repeat cot death. SIDS
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Families which had experienced two or more unexpected infant deaths were the subject of detailed confidential enquiries, including necropsy examination. Cases were derived from two main sources: first, deaths occurring during a nationwide programme of support for families with a subsequent baby (8 families) plus 2 families from a scries of confidential enquiries in Sheffield, and second, direct referrals from paediatricians (17 families). Fifty‐seven deaths were studied. Twenty‐four families had experienced 2 and three had experienced 3 deaths: 11 deaths (19%) were found to be adequately explained by history or post‐mortem findings; 7 (12%) were probably accidental; 31 (55%) were most probably due to an action by one of the parents (filicide); only 5 (9%) were considered to be true or idiopathic sudden infant death syndrome; in 3 (5%) cases there was insufficient information to draw a conclusion. Five (18%) of the families lived in circumstances of serious social deprivation. A history of psychiatric illness was present in one or both parents in 18 (67%) of the fam
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