Institution/Agency: Children’s Specialists Foundation, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego
Principal Investigator: Henry F. Krous, MD
Dates Funded: January 2004 - present
Project: San Diego SIDS/SUDC Research Project
Description: The San Diego SIDS/SUDC Research Project (SDSSRP) is dedicated to increasing the understanding of sudden infant and childhood death. It endeavors to provide individual families with thorough second opinions and personal support, and to publish and present our work in peer reviewed medical journals, scientific conferences, and professional and public assemblies. The aims of SDSSRP include but are not limited to: 1) Determine and clarify features of the medical history, death scene and postmortem examination to refine the proposed triple risk model, 2) Provide a basis for legislation for national use of standardized scene investigations and autopsy protocols in cases of sudden infant and childhood death, 3) Provide a basis for national legislation with regard to the utilization of records and specimens from these cases for research purposes, 4) Motivate other investigators to begin research into SIDS and SUDC, and 5) Expand the knowledge base of postmortem findings in SIDS and SUDC, including their underlying similarities and differences, and how each correlates with clinical and epidemiological variables.
Research Publications List
- Paterson DS, Thompson EG, Belliveau RA, Trachtenberg FL, Darnall RA, Chadwick AE, Krous HF, Kinney HC. Multiple Abnormalities in the Brainstem Serotonergic System in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (see editorial). JAMA 2006; 296:2124-2132.
- Kinney HC, Armstrong DL, Chadwick AE, Crandall LA, Hilbert C, Belliveau RA, Krous HF. Sudden Death in Toddlers Associated with Developmental Abnormalities of the Hippocampus. Ped Dev Path, 2007;10(3):208-23.
- Krous HF, Haas EA, Chadwick AE, Masoumi H, Stanley C, Perry GW. Hemoglobin F in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. A San Diego SIDS/SUDC Research Report. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, J Forensic Legal Medicine 2007;14:456-460.
- Krous HF, Haas EA, Chadwick AE, Silva PD, Stanley. Pulmonary Intra-Alveolar Hemorrhage in SIDS and Suffocation: A San Diego SIDS/SUDC Research Project Report. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2007;14:461-470.
- Krous HF, Haas EA, Chadwick AE, Masoumi H, Mhoyan A, Stanley C. Delayed Death In Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A San Diego SIDS/SUDC Research Project 15-Year Population-Based Report . Forensic Science International. Forensic Sci Int. 2007 Nov 5; [Epub ahead of print]; Forensic Science International 176 (2008) 209–216
