How reliable are SIDS rates?
- 1Department of Pathology, The Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland
- 2University College Dublin Department of Paediatrics, The Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland
- 3The National Sudden Infant Death Register, Dublin, Ireland
- Correspondence to:
Prof. T Matthews
UCD Department of Paediatrics, The Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin 1, Ireland; tommattiol.ie
- Accepted 2 November 2004
Abstract
There is increasing concern with using SIDS as a diagnosis, especially where the postmortem examination reveals additional findings that may be contributory to the death exclusion. This report shows how varying the criteria for a diagnosis of SIDS significantly alters the SIDS rate in Ireland.
- NSIDR, National Sudden Infant Death Register
- SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome
- SUDI, sudden and unexpected death of an infant
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Competing interests: none
