Abstract
In France, nearly 500 infants still die unexpectedly every year. In 2009, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance published a survey showing great heterogeneity in the management of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) cases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the actual diagnostic approach to SUID in the different reference centers in France and to determine the degree to which the 2007 recommendations of the French National Authority for Health (Haute Autorité de santé [HAS]) are applied. We conducted a multicenter cross-sectional epidemiological study by email sent to the 36 SIDS reference centers with questions on examinations usually performed in SIDS cases. We also submitted six SUID test cases for death classification to the different reference physicians. Twenty-nine of 36 centers (80.5%) responded. Among the recommended tests, only blood cultures, analysis of cerebrospinal fluid, and a proposal to autopsy are done in 100% of the centers. Other investigations are not carried out systematically: skeleton radiography (65.5%), cranial CT scan (58%), eye fundus (20.7%), metabolic analysis (65.5%), and blood toxicology (62%). The main reasons for non-completion of these tests were hospital practices, lack of ...Continue Reading
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