The major purpose of this contract will be to examine in depth all Sudden Infant deaths among Chicago residents in the postneonatal period which will include all apparent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) cases up to two years of age. Specifically, the Contractor will develop and implement protocols for standardized and detailed death scene investigation and autopsies, collect and prepare pathology specimens of Medical Examiner SIDS and other dead control infants, review Medical Examiner cases to determine the cause of death, and investigate contributions of potential risk factors for SIDS and other causes of postneonatal deaths.
| Hauck, Fern R; Herman, Stanislaw M; Donovan, Mark et al. (2003) Sleep environment and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in an urban population: the Chicago Infant Mortality Study. Pediatrics 111:1207-14 |
| Hauck, Fern R; Moore, Cathryn Merrick; Herman, Stanislaw M et al. (2002) The contribution of prone sleeping position to the racial disparity in sudden infant death syndrome: the Chicago Infant Mortality Study. Pediatrics 110:772-80 |
| Meny, Robert G; Vreman, Hendrik J; Stevenson, David K et al. (2002) Failure to detect elevated levels of carboxyhemoglobin in infants dying from SIDS. J Forensic Sci 47:660-2 |
| Krous, H F; Hauck, F R; Herman, S M et al. (1999) Laryngeal basement membrane thickening is not a reliable postmortem marker for SIDS: results from the Chicago Infant Mortality Study. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 20:221-7 |
