Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (cont.)
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Authors and Editors
Author: Patrick L Carolan, MD, Medical Director of Minnesota Sudden Infant Death Center, Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota; Adjunct Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School.
Coauthor(s): Shahram Tabib, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Martin Luther King/Charles R Drew Medical Center; Thomas Tsou, MD, Director of Fast Tract and Pediatrics, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Charles R Drew University and University of California at Los Angeles.
Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com
Previous contributing editors: Brian F Chinnock, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor III, MD, Vice-Chief, Compliance Officer, Attending Physician Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, University of South Carolina
REFERENCE:
Carolan, Patrick. "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome." eMedicine.com. Oct. 1, 2009. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1004238-overview>.
Last Editorial Review: 1/5/2010
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is defined as the sudden death of an infant younger than 1 year that remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including the performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the scene of death, and review of the clinical history.
