Social and behavioural factors in Non-suspicious unexpected death in infancy; experience from metropolitan police project indigo investigation.

Background: Risk factors for Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) are well described, and such cases are now investigated according to standard protocols. In London, Project Indigo of the Metropolitan Police provides a unique, detailed framework for such data collection. We investigate such data to provide a contemporary account of SUDI in a large city and further link data to publically available datasets to investigate interactions with social factors.

Acute fatal upper airway obstruction from an occult cavernous hemangioma of the larynx.

A 42-year-old previously well man collapsed while holding his throat. Resuscitation was unsuccessful, and at autopsy, the most significant findings were limited to the larynx, pharynx, and anterior mediastinum where there were multinodular dark blue tumors. Within the larynx, the lower border of the tumor was well demarcated, not extending beyond the vocal cords.

Reference ranges for organ weights of infants at autopsy: results of >1,000 consecutive cases from a single centre.

Background: Infancy is the most common period for childhood death, including both neonatal deaths from obstetric or medical complications and sudden unexpected infant deaths. The weighing of organs at autopsy is an established process and is recommended in current protocols. However, minimal contemporary data is available regarding reference ranges for organ weights of infants.

Routine perinatal and paediatric post-mortem radiography: detection rates and implications for practice.

Background: Routine perinatal and paediatric post-mortem plain radiography allows for the diagnosis and assessment of skeletal dysplasias, fractures and other bony abnormalities.

Objective: The aim of this study was to review the diagnostic yield of this practice.

Materials And Methods: We identified 1,027 cases performed in a single institution over a 2½-year period, including babygrams (whole-body examinations) and full skeletal surveys.