Coronial

28 results for sudden unexpected death in infancy

TAShome2018-04-02

Coroner's Finding: Baby B

<1y · Male·unexpected death in infancy whilst co-sleeping with an adult and older child

A 2-month-old infant died unexpectedly while co-sleeping with his mother and 5-year-old sister on a mattress in the lounge room. Autopsy reve…

paediatricsforensic medicinesystem
NSWNew2019-11-29

Inquest into the deaths of Kayla EWIN and Iziah O'SULLIVAN (Annexure to finding)

Unknown

This document is a SUDI (Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy) classification schema used by NSW Coroners, not a specific coronial finding. …

NSWhome2021-12-20

Inquest into the death of Harland SUTTON

<1y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI +0); exact cause unascertained

A 5-month-old premature infant with low birth weight died suddenly and unexpectedly at home. Toxicological testing revealed the presence of frusemide (a diuretic medicatio…

paediatricsemergency medicinesystemmedicationfurosemide
TAShome2020-05-18

Coroner's Finding: Baby E

<1y · Female·suffocation

…th both parents and an older sibling. The infant was anatomically normal and in good health at the time of death. Co-sleeping posed an inherent risk of suffocation, which was exacerbated when a four-year-old brother joi…

paediatricsforensic medicine
TAShome2020-03-09

Coroner's Finding: MH

<1y · Female·Suffocation due to unsafe sleeping environment with overlying and/or bedding ent…

A 7-week-old baby died following unsafe sleep practices. Born prematurely at 37 weeks with reflux and bronchopneumonia, the infant was placed to sleep on an adult mattress with two adults and another child, rather than i…

paediatricsforensic medicinesystem
NSWhome2018-06-08

Inquest into the death of BL GN and D G

Female·Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI), otherwise undetermined

Two infants died suddenly and unexpectedly. The first child died at home at 3 months of age in an unsafe sleeping environment with…

paediatricsneonatologysystemdelayice/methamphetamine
QLDhospital2007-11-06

Huber, Arisa

<1y · Female·sudden unexpected death in infancy due to hypoxic episode while co-bedding with …

Arisa Huber, a newborn, died from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) due to hypoxic episode while co-bedding with her exhausted mother in a …

neonatologyobstetricscommunicationsystem
VIChome2024-03-06

Finding into death of Baby F

<1y · Female·Unascertained; circumstances suggest possible mechanical asphyxia in co-sleeping…

An 8-month-old premature infant died of unascertained causes while co-sleeping with her mother on a fold-out couch. Post-mortem examination revealed no significant injuries or toxins, but the sleeping position raised the…

neonatologypaediatricsthyroxine
NThome

Inquest into the death of Sudden unexpected death of an infant

<1y · Female·Sudden unexpected death of an infant (SUDI) from viral pneumonitis (Rhinovirus a…

A 5-week-old Aboriginal infant with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) died of sudden unexpected infant death (SUDI) caused by viral pneumonitis from rhinovirus and enterovirus. She was found …

obstetricspaediatrics
TAShome2018-05-31

Coroner's Finding: Hayes, Teegan Rose Dana

<1y · Female·hypoxic brain injury following respiratory arrest due to accidental suffocation …

…e harm, they would likely have been aware of the birth and removed the infant at that time, preventing her death.

paediatricsintensive caresystemcommunicationalcohol
TAS2021-09-17

Coroner's Finding: Infant Deaths

Unknown·varied: sudden unexpected death in infancy (unsafe sleeping environment); drowni…

Coroner's joint inquest into deaths of seven children (six infants and one child aged 16 years) between 2014 and 2018 in Tasmania. All famili…

paediatricspsychiatrydiagnosticcommunicationalcohol
VIChome2020-10-08

Finding into death of Baby M

<1y · Male·SIDS Category 2

… be revived despite immediate resuscitation by paramedics. A thorough autopsy and investigations confirmed Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Category 2. No concerns were identified with the sleeping environment, care provided…

forensic medicineneonatology
NSWhome2019-11-29

Inquest into the deaths of Kayla EWIN and Iziah O’SULLIVAN

Unknown·Kayla Ewin: Unascertained (SUDI 0+); Iziah O'Sullivan: Unascertained (SUDI 0)

Two infants died suddenly and unexpectedly at home with unascertained causes classified as SUDI (Sudden Unexpected Death in Infanc…

paediatricsforensic medicinecommunicationsystem
TAShome2023-10-19

Coroner's Finding: de-identified FG

<1y · Male·suffocation due to overlay by a sleeping adult

…h hand placement), she unintentionally rolled onto the infant during sleep, causing fatal suffocation. The death was entirely preventable. Key clinical lesson: infants must always sleep in their own safe sleep surface (…

paediatricsneonatologysystem
NThome2026

Inquest into the death of SUDI Death of 17-day old male

<1y · Male·Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) in the context of Rhinovirus/Enterovir…

…al haemorrhage; he tested positive for Rhinovirus, Enterovirus, and COVID-19 with diarrhoea the day before death. Multiple factors contributed: viral infections, diarrhoea, adrenal haemorrhage, and unsafe sleeping arran…

obstetricspaediatricscommunicationsystem
NThome

Inquest into the death of SUDI Death of 33-day old female

<1y · Female·Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) in an unsafe sleeping environment; acc…

A 33-day-old female infant died from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) in an unsafe co-sleeping environment at her home in Darwin. The infant …

midwiferygeneral practicecommunicationsystem
NThome2026-04-30

Inquest into the death of Baby S, Baby K, Baby B - (Co Sleeping)

Unknown·Sudden Unexplained Death of an Infant (SUDI) in an unsafe sleeping environment; …

…nments in the Northern Territory. Baby K (3 months), Baby B (2 months), and Baby S (5 weeks) all died from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) associated with co-sleeping risk factors including parental intoxicatio…

paediatricsmidwiferycommunicationsystemalcohol
SAhome2008-06-25

Coroner's Finding: Baby Safe Sleeping Practices

Unknown·Zara Schupelius: suffocation; Callum Smith: undetermined; Jake Hackett: suffocat…

Concurrent inquests into five sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI), three attributed to suffocation and two undetermined but with suffoca…

forensic medicinepaediatricssystemcommunication
TAShome2020-05-19

Coroner's Finding: Baby I

<1y · Female·Suffocation due to co-sleeping (bed sharing)

…. The mother fell asleep while breastfeeding, with the baby positioned between her and the couch back. The death was completely preventable through adherence to safe sleep recommendations: infants should sleep on their …

paediatricsforensic medicine
QLDhospital2014-06-17

Murray, Vaughan

<1y · Male·Undetermined; high suspicion of non-accidental injury, most likely smothering, b…

… pathologists concluded smothering was the most likely cause but could not definitively establish cause of death. The case highlights challenges in diagnosing non-accidental injury in infants when autopsy findings, whil…

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