SIDS RESEARCH TRACK
**Abstract Presentation

Changing Landscapes � Part 1 of 3: The Revised SIDS Definition & Perceived Diagnostic Shift
Henry Krous [Abstract] [Presentation PowerPoint 1.3 Mb]
Michael Malloy [Abstract] [Presentation]

The Impact of Poverty and Race on SIDS Rates
Rachel Moon [Abstract] [Presentation]
Eve Colson [Abstract] [Presentation]
Linda Esposito [Abstract] [Presentation]
Michael Malloy [Abstract pdf 66 Kb] [Presentation]

Epidemiology: New Perspectives and Recommendations

• The Use of Pacifiers to Reduce the Risk of SIDS, and
  The Safest Place for Baby to Sleep: The Bed Sharing Debate
  Fern Hauck [Embargoed until 11/07]
• An Eight-Year Study of the Risk Factors for SIDS: Bed Sharing vs. Non-Bed Sharing
  Cliona McGarvey** [Abstract pdf 64 Kb] [Presentation]

Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood
Henry Krous [Abstract] [Presentation PowerPoint 6.2 Mb]

SIDS and Genetics: The Untold Story
Carl. E. Hunt [Abstract] [Presentation PowerPoint 1.3 Mb]

Neuropathology Update
Hannah Kinney [Abstract] [Presentation]

• Neuropathology of Unexpected Death in Early Life
  Hannah Kinney** [Abstract pdf 80 Kb] [Presentation]
• Subtle Autonomic and Respiratory Dysfunction in SIDS Associated with Serotonergic Brainstem Abnormalities
  Richard Belleveau** [Abstract pdf 52 Kb] [Presentation]
• Abnormalities in Serotonergic Markers in the Medulla Oblongata in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
  David S. Paterson** [Abstract] [Presentation]
• Hypoplasia of the Locus Coeruleus in a Rare Case of Perinatal Death: A Neuropathological Study of Haddad Syndrome
  Nester D. Tomycz** [Abstract pdf 76 Kb] [Presentation]

SIDS Abstract Presentations

• Altitude and Latitude and the Risk of SIDS in the United States
  Ed Mitchell** [Abstract pdf 68 Kb] [Presentation]
• Arousal Duration is Less as a Function of Age During Active Sleep in Preterm Infants Compared with Full-tern Infants from the Collaborative Home Infant Monitoring Evaluation Study Database
  Ronald L. Ariagno** [Abstract pdf 40 Kb] [Presentation]
• Long QT Syndrome Mutations in Norwegian SIDS Cases
  Marianne Arnestad** [Abstract pdf 56 Kb] [Presentation]
• Factors Associated with Neonatal Death in New Zealand
  John M D Thompson** [Abstract pdf 64 Kb] [Presentation]

Infections and SIDS

• The Role of Disturbed Interleukin Homeostasis in Infectious Death and SIDS
  Torleiv Rognumn [Abstract pdf 96 Kb] [Presentation]
• Infection, Ethnic Groups and SIDS: Explaining the Risk Factors
  Caroline Blackwell [Abstract pdf 28 Kb] [Presentation]

Physiology Update

• Sleep, Temperature Regulation and SIDS
  Robert Darnall [Abstract] [Presentation]
• Assessment of Autonomic Function in the Fetus and Infant
  William P. Fifer [Abstract pdf 28 Kb] [Presentation]
• Newborn and Postmortem Metabolic Screening
  Piere Rinaldo [Abstract] [Presentation]