The investigation of sudden or unexplained death of children represents a unique medical and forensic area of study. Children are not simply small versionsof adults. They have unique anatomic and functional characteristics that mustbe recognized and understood by the medical investigator. Further complicating this process is the fact that the anatomic structure, composition, and function of various organs and organ systems in the pediatric population change throughout the developmental stages of childhood. The disease processes, reactions to trauma, and risk factors for accidental death and homicide change from infancy through adolescence. There are many texts devoted to the medical investigation of child abuse in living children. And there are several excellent texts on general forensic pathology. There are outstanding reference texts on pediatric pathology that concentrate on the pathologic diagnosis of natural disease processes in living children. At present, there is no well known, thorough reference text devoted to the medicolegal investigation of sudden unexpected death in children. Further, there is no widely accepted text dealing with the changes in fatal diseases, risk factors of causes of sudden death, and responsesto fatal trauma that occur as a child grows. We propose a text devoted to themedicolegal investigation of sudden and unexpected childhood death. We will organize the text based on chronological age. The text will begin with the newborn age, progress through infancy, toddlerhood, childhood, and conclude with adolescence. Through each major age group, individual chapters will focus on specific unique causes, topics, or organ systems. This text will be a unique contribution to the forensic science literature. This text will fill a niche thatmedicolegal death investigators are anxious to have provided. Potential purchasers of this text include forensic pathologists, medical examiner offices, pediatric pathologists, pediatric hospitals, anatomic pathologists, coroners, law enforcement investigators, pathology training programs, medical schools, child protection social workers and offices, colleges of social work, colleges ofcriminal justice administration, and colleges of forensic sciences. INDICE: The History of Pediatric Forensic Pathology and the Pediatric Autopsy. Death Scene Investigation. The Autopsy. Fetal, Perinatal and Neonatal Death. Birth Trauma. Placental and Maternal Conditions. Neonaticide. Fatal Craniocerebral and Spinal Trauma. Biomechanics of Head Injury. Ocular Findings in Inflicted Injury. Blunt Abdominal and Chest Injuries. Cutaneous Findings in the Young. The Pathological Evaluation of Fractures at Autopsy. Dating of Other Injuries. Homicide in the Older Child. Sexual Abuse. Starvation, Dehydration, Malnutrition, and Fatal Neglect. Poisoning and Toxicological Issues. Factitious Illness by Proxy. Conditions Simulating Inflicted Injury. Resuscitation-Related Injuries and Artefacts. Folk Healing Lesions and Injuries. Neuroimaging in Abuse. Non-CNS Imaging in Cases of Abuse. The Role of the Virtopsy. Expert Testimony. Suicide. The Investigation of Possible Asphyxial Deaths in Infancy. Sports-Related Injuries and Deaths. Other Types of Accidental Deaths. Iatrogenic Deaths. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) and Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood (SUDC). Other Causes of Sudden Natural Death in Infancy and Early Childhood. Cardiac Channelopathies and the Molecular Autopsy. Other Cardiac Conditions. Other Natural Deaths in the Older Child. Obesity. Metabolic Diseases. Ancillary Testing and Special Dissections. Death Certification. Pediatric Anthropology and Odontology. Pediatric Organ and Tissue Donation. Appendices.
- ISBN: 978-1-61779-402-5
- Editorial: Springer New York
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 1000
- Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 2
- Idioma: Inglés