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Revista de Divulgación del INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA FORENSE de la UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA

2021, Number 1

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Rev Mex Med Forense 2021; 6 (1)

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) from a pathologist-forensic perspective

Pérez-Álvarez H, Ferrer-Marrero D, Solís GM, Sirgo-Patiño I, Rodríguez-Jorge R

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 23-35
PDF size: 294.79 Kb.


ABSTRACT

There are numerous definitions of sudden infant death syndrome, some of them being related to legal medicine due to the possible suspicion of criminality. Objective: to update the knowledge about sudden infant death syndrome to contribute to a better management of those cases that occur in the city and to improve the quality of the diagnosis as well as the behavior to be followed; a review of the literature review related to the subject was carried out; the thanatological files of some of the autopsies performed at the Institute of Legal Medicine in the period 2016-2017 that could correspond to this syndrome were analyzed; likewise, a series of aspects were compiled regarding the definitions of the syndrome, the epidemiology and the methodology to be followed in the medicolegal autopsies of these cases; it was concluded that the diagnosis of this syndrome and compliance with the methodology for carrying out the medical-legal necropsy and the removal of the corpse contribute to the aid of the administration of justice in those cases where the existence of the syndrome is demonstrated as a cause of death and the absence of criminal responsibility.


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