Sudden death in the young / / Roger W. Byard [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463009903321
• Autore: Byard Roger W.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-139-81382-X; 1-316-08728-X; 1-139-85497-6; 1-139-85525-5; 1-139-85534-4; 1-299-40004-3; 1-139-85506-9; 1-139-85516-6; 0-511-77778-7
• Edizione: [Third edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 685 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 616.078
• Soggetti: Sudden death; Sudden death in children; Sudden death in adolescence
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: section 1. Introduction -- section 2. Unintentional trauma -- section 3. Intentional trauma -- section 4. Natural disease -- section 5. Maternal, fetal, and neonatal conditions -- section 6. Sudden infant death syndrome.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.