Journal of Forensic Medicine

Carolina Zambrano

Publications

• Research Article
  Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Forensic Autopsy Findings in Post-neonatal Deaths. Bogota, Colombia 2010
  Author(s): María Luisa Latorre, Carolina Zambrano and Sandra MorenoMaría Luisa Latorre, Carolina Zambrano and Sandra Moreno
  
  Background: The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is diagnosed by default when it is not possible to identify the cause of infant death after a complete study including forensic autopsy and death scene investigation. However, Colombia does not mandate a complete study of these deaths, and only some of these cases meet that standard. This research will show the results of those forensic autopsy performed of post neonatal infants deaths in Bogota', Colombia, in 2010, to call attention of the national sanitary authority to the importance of conducting a comprehensive study to conclude what caused the death of these children, who, without it, generally remain reported as "under study" or "indeterminate". Objective: To describe the findings in the forensic autopsy performed in post neonatal subjects at the National Insti.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2472-1026.1000107

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