PEDIATRICS Vol. 73 No. 1 January 1984, pp. 111-112
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Postmortem Protocol

DONALD T. WHELAN MD1

1 McMaster University Medical Centre, Room 3N19, 1200 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada

To the Editor.—

The article by Knonick et al1 illustrates the advantage of having a "penimortem protocol" that includes an assembled kit to obtain appropriate diagnostic specimens from the dying infant or just after death has occurred.

I agree with the philosophical and practical approach taken by the authors. However, I would like to comment further on techniques we have found helpful under similar circumstances. At McMaster University Medical Centre, a total body radiograph is added to the protocol in all stillborn infants when unusual clinical signs are observed.