Pulmonary intra-alveolar hemorrhage in SIDS and suffocation

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 461-470

  Krous, Henry F ^a,b   Chadwick, Amy E ^a   Haas, Elisabeth A ^a   Stanley, Christina ^c  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Office of the Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Child protective services; Infanticide; Oronasal blood; Pulmonary hemorrhage; SIDS; Sudden infant death; Suffocation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BED SHARING; BODY POSITION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ASPHYXIA; BEDS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD ABUSE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PURPURA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 35348988697     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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