Sudden death in the young

• Main Author: Byard, Roger W. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2010
• Edition: Third Edition
• Subjects: Death, Sudden; Autopsy > methods; Adolescent; Child; Infant; Young Adult
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• Physical Description: xiii, 685 pages chiefly color illustrations 28 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780521516617; 0521516617

Determining the cause of death in children and young adults can pose considerable challenges. Professor Byard provides for the first time a complete overview of pathological aspects of sudden death in the young, from before birth to middle adult life. Highly illustrated with more than 800 colour figures, this third edition contains new sections on sexual abuse, pregnancy-related deaths and rare natural diseases, as well as expanded coverage of unexpected death in young adults up to the age of 30 years. Chapters are organised by systems and cover all aspects of natural death, as well as accidents, suicides and homicides. Supported by extensive referencing and numerous tables, the book can also be used as a practical autopsy manual. An encyclopaedic overview and analysis of sudden death in the young, this is a key text for pediatric and forensic pathologists, pediatricians, and lawyers and physicians involved in medicolegal cases