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Variability in SUID determinations: Resource limitations, perceptions of bias, or emotional factors influencing sleep-related infant death reporting in Florida
University of West Florida Libraries
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
2021
Abstract
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID) are two of the top five causes of infant mortality in the United States (Kim 2011). SUIDS as a cause of infant death is based on a determination of exclusion given when the investigation leads to unknown causes. Although SIDS is commonly linked to sleep related deaths, it can also be cited when no other cause of death (CoD) can be established. These two determinations can be used by medical examiners when they have been unable to find a diagnosis in autopsy, laboratory
testing, or investigative information gathered. Even though death investigation guidelines exist (Shapiro-Mendoza 2017), each medical examiner has a different threshold/tolerance when making this determination, meaning they will go to varying lengths to establish a finding. With inconsistent reporting, research and tracking of SIDS and SUIDS death is difficult to carry out.
We seek to better understand what factors may influence investigators and medical examiners while determining the cause of infant deaths, particularly accidental suffocation, SIDS, and SUID. We aim that our findings will influence future strategies for promoting standardized practices for SIDS classification
Details
- Title
- Variability in SUID determinations: Resource limitations, perceptions of bias, or emotional factors influencing sleep-related infant death reporting in Florida
- Resource Type
- Poster
- Event
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 2021)
- Contributors
- Dr. Meredith Marten (Faculty Mentor)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090891506600
- Academic Unit
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2021; Anthropology; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
- Language
- English