PEDIATRICS Vol. 39 No. 1 January 1967, pp. 123-138
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SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED DEATH IN INFANCY: A REVIEW OF THE WORLD LITERATURE 1954-1966

Marie A. Valdes-Dapena M.D.1

1 St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and Department of Pathology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia

It is apparent that we are still woefully ignorant with respect to the subject of sudden and unexpected deaths in infants. Only by continual investigation of large series of cases, employing uniform criteria to define such deaths and using the investigative procedures outlined above as well as others which will undoubtedly suggest themselves, can we hope to understand and possibly prevent the deaths of some 15,000 to 25,000 infants in the United States each year. These lives, to say nothing of those in other countries throughout the world might provide some of the leadership which is necessary to maintain and advance the human race in the years to come.

Submitted on April 22, 1966
Accepted on August 17, 1966




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