Part 1 Medical aspects of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and infantile apnea; the epidemiology of SIDS D.R. Peterson; the pathology of SIDS - an overview, H.F. Krous; the mechanism of death in SIDS, J.B. Beckwith; the potential role of airway obstruction in SIDS, B.T. Thach; sleep-related respiratory function and dysfunction in postneonatal infantile apnea, C. Guilleminault; the cardiac theory and SIDS P.J. Schwartz; the medical management of cardiorespiratory monitoring in infantile apnea, D. H. Kelly. Part 2 The psychological impact and management of sudden infant death syndrome; acute loss and grieving reactions - treatment issues, J.L. Culbertson and D.J. Wills; the family and SIDS, F. Mandell; family reactions to home monitoring, L.S. Slovik and D.H. Kelly; the apneic infant - longitudinal development, T.L. Shelton and R.D. Bendell; the parents of SIDS victims fight back - the story of the national SIDS foundation, A.B. Bergman.
