Sudden Death in the Young

by Roger W. Byard

• ISBN13: 9780521516617
• ISBN10: 0521516617
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-01
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Determining the cause of death in children and young adults can pose considerable challenges. Professor Byard provides for the first time a complete overview of pathological aspects of sudden death in the young, from before birth to middle adult life. Highly illustrated with more than 800 colour figures, this third edition contains new sections on sexual abuse, pregnancy-related deaths and rare natural diseases, as well as expanded coverage of unexpected death in young adults up to the age of 30 years. Chapters are organised by systems and cover all aspects of natural death, as well as accidents, suicides and homicides. Supported by extensive referencing and numerous tables, the book can also be used as a practical autopsy manual. An encyclopaedic overview and analysis of sudden death in the young, this is a key text for pediatric and forensic pathologists, pediatricians, and lawyers and physicians involved in medicolegal cases.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Sudden pediatric death: an overview

Unintentional Trauma

Accidents

Intentional Trauma

Homicide and suicide

Natural Disease

Infectious conditions

Cardiac conditions

Vascular conditions

Respiratory conditions

Neurologic conditions

Hematologic conditions

Gastrointestinal and genitourinary conditions

Metabolic and endocrine conditions

Miscellaneous conditions

Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Conditions

Maternal, fetal and neonatal conditions

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Sudden infant death syndrome

Autopsy information pamphlet

Pediatric forensic autopsy guidelines

The sudden unexplained infant death investigation report form

International standardized autopsy protocol

Autopsy checklist for possible non-accidental injury

Autopsy checklist for possible metabolic disorders

Autopsy checklist for possible sepsis

Autopsy checklist for possible poisoning

Index

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