SIDS DEFINITION ACHIEVES
NATIONAL CONSENSUS

REPORT ON THE
SIDS and Kids PATHOLOGY WORKSHOP

SIDS DEFINITION ACHIEVES
NATIONAL CONSENSUS

In March 2004, SIDS and Kids hosted the first National SIDS Pathology Workshop in Canberra. The Workshop brought together paediatric and forensic pathologists from each state and territory to discuss SIDS diagnosis.

The goals of the Australian SIDS Pathology Workshop were to obtain a consensus among paediatric and forensic pathologists in Australia for a common definition of SIDS and a recommended standard autopsy protocol for infant deaths.

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REPORT ON THE
SIDS and Kids PATHOLOGY WORKSHOP

Adoption of a National Consensus for the Definition of SIDS
and Autopsy Approach to Unexpected Infant Death

On 22 and 23 March 2004, SIDS and Kids hosted the first Australian Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Pathology Workshop in Canberra. At this Workshop paediatric and forensic pathologists from each state and territory came together for the first time to discuss problems and issues related to diagnosis and forensic management of sudden infant death in Australia.

The Workshop had ambitious goals:

• To reach a national consensus about the definition for SIDS and;
• To discuss the development of a nationally accepted SIDS autopsy protocol.

The meeting, in fact, far exceeded these goals. Extensive progress was also made towards the development of an agreed Australian SIDS Autopsy Protocol.

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