Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the third edition
- Reviews of the first and second editions
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Unintentional trauma
- Section 3 International trauma
- Section 4 Natural disease
- Section 5 Maternal, fetal, and neonatal conditions
- Section 6 Sudden infant death syndrome
- Appendices
- Appendix I Autopsy information pamphlet
- Appendix II The Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Report Form
- Appendix III Pediatric forensic autopsy guidelines
- Appendix IV International Standardized Autopsy Protocol
- Appendix V CDC Growth Charts
- Appendix VI Infant organ weights
- Appendix VII Normal heart weights for body weight for individuals less than 20 years of age
- Appendix VIII Autopsy checklist for possible non-accidental injury
- Appendix IX Autopsy checklist for possible metabolic disorders
- Index
Appendix IV - International Standardized Autopsy Protocol
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the third edition
- Reviews of the first and second editions
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Unintentional trauma
- Section 3 International trauma
- Section 4 Natural disease
- Section 5 Maternal, fetal, and neonatal conditions
- Section 6 Sudden infant death syndrome
- Appendices
- Appendix I Autopsy information pamphlet
- Appendix II The Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation Report Form
- Appendix III Pediatric forensic autopsy guidelines
- Appendix IV International Standardized Autopsy Protocol
- Appendix V CDC Growth Charts
- Appendix VI Infant organ weights
- Appendix VII Normal heart weights for body weight for individuals less than 20 years of age
- Appendix VIII Autopsy checklist for possible non-accidental injury
- Appendix IX Autopsy checklist for possible metabolic disorders
- Index
Summary
The International Standardized Autopsy Protocol for cases of unexpected infant death represents the first attempt to provide an international protocol aimed at standardizing autopsy practices and diagnoses. The protocol was developed by a working group set up by SIDS International and the NICHD in the 1990s. It aims to:
standardize autopsy practices and improve diagnostic accuracy;
provide additional information to supplement information obtained from the clinical history review and death scene examination;
enhance opportunities to further reduce infant death rates and enable more meaningful comparisons of infant death rates to be made between populations;
improve the quality of research into unexpected infant death.
The protocol has been endorsed by the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) and the Society for Pediatric Pathology (SPP) in the United States and has been implemented in a number of countries.
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- Sudden Death in the Young , pp. 649 - 655Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010