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New Challenges for SIDS Research
Ernest Cutz, MD, FRCPC
Department of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine
Division of Pathology
The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Ave
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
Canada
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:292-293.
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The preeminent pediatric pathologist and the first to coin this term, J. Bruce Beckwith, MD, reviews the historical background and evolution of attitudes toward the diagnosis of SIDS. Unfortunately, in 2003, the question of etiology and pathogenesis of SIDS is far from resolved; many questions and issues remain unanswered. Although a substantial reduction in SIDS deaths after the back-to-sleep campaign has been reported, there is still a significant number of infants who die suddenly and unexpectedly (including classical SIDS). Clearly the problem of SIDS has not gone away, and further painstaking research will be required to one day eliminate this tragedy.
In my view, the continuing problem with the definition of SIDS reflects the lack of consensus on basic issues. First, there is still no general agreement on whether SIDS by definition should be considered a disease entity or also include the deaths of previously healthy . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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