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One thousand nine hundred and fifty four autopsies performed at British Columbia's Children's Hospital during a 7-year period were reviewed to determine the causes of sudden unexpected natural death in the age group from birth to 17 years. Of the 126 cases found, the largest group, 86 cases, was sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Nine deaths were the result of infection: 4 cases of H. influenza meningitis, 2 cases of meningococcemia, 2 cases of acute epiglottitis, and 1 case of necrotizing tracheobronchitis. Epilepsy, ruptured AV malformations, and brain tumors combined to make up an equally large group of 9 cases. Cardiac lesions were the third largest group, 6 cases. The three groups that posed the most difficulty in assigning a cause of death were (a) the group that were like SIDS yet had other confounding features, (b) the group in which metabolic death was suspected but not proven, and (c) death in epilepsy.
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PMID:Sudden, unexpected, natural death in childhood. 223 62

In a series of 1920 medico-legal autopsies, 78 cases fulfilled the criteria of sudden unexpected natural death in the age group 2-30 years. In 39 (50%) of these cases a health hazardous condition was known. A large group included epileptics, alcoholics, obstetric/gynecologic conditions, and drug addicts. For prophylactic reasons the medical intervention should focus on earlier detection, if possible, of acute myocarditis, better instruction to epileptics as to thorough medication and information of parents. Physicians should be reminded about the danger of inflammatory processes in the upper respiratory tract, especially acute tracheobronchitis and acute epiglottitis.
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PMID:Sudden unexpected natural death in young persons. 374 9

Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) causes many clinical illnesses such as meningitis, bacteremia, epiglottitis, pneumonia, otitis media, sinusitis and tracheobronchitis. Before the introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine in 1988, Hib caused more than 95 percent of invasive Hi disease in developed countries. Conjugate vaccines were licensed for use in children > or = 15 months of age in 1989 and for use in children > or = 2 months of age in 1990. During 1987-1995, the incidence of invasive Hi disease among children < 5 years of age decreased 96 percent in the United States. This report summarizes the trend in invasive disease caused by Hi among Oklahoma children < 5 years of age. The data represents cases reported to the OSDH as part of the infectious disease surveillance system. Invasive Hi disease has been reportable by law in Oklahoma since 1983.
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PMID:Oklahoma notes decline in Haemophilus influenzae: invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease among children aged < 5 years--Oklahoma, 1990-1997. 1036 35

A 29-year-old asthmatic with a family history of atopy inhaled a large dose of fumes from sizzling, steaming seafood being served to another client in a restaurant. She immediately developed respiratory distress, loss of consciousness and cyanosis; she also vomited profusely, aspirated and died with 58 min of the onset of symptoms. Autopsy revealed epiglottitis and tracheobronchitis associated with an infiltration by mast cells. The blood IgE was marginally elevated. Death was attributed to upper respiratory airway obstruction due to aspiration of gastric contents, and to bronchospasm following the inhalation of steaming vapour from the seafood dish. The practice of transporting a platter of sizzling, steaming seafood across dining rooms and restaurants with its aroma permeating the entire premises could prove fatal for atopic customers.
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PMID:Inhalation of steaming seafood aroma: sudden death in an asthmatic. 1533 27

In about 3% of children, viral infections of the airways that develop in early childhood lead to narrowing of the laryngeal lumen in the subglottic region resulting in symptoms such as hoarseness, abarking cough, stridor, and dyspnea. These infections may eventually cause respiratory failure. The disease is often called acute subglottic laryngitis (ASL). Terms such as pseudocroup, croup syndrome, acute obstructive laryngitis and spasmodic croup are used interchangeably when referencing this disease. Although the differential diagnosis should include other rare diseases such as epiglottitis, diphtheria, fibrinous laryngitis and bacterial tracheobronchitis, the diagnosis of ASL should always be made on the basis of clinical criteria.
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PMID:Acute subglottic laryngitis. Etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical picture. 3168 Feb 34