Can a message from the dead save lives?

ndependently of cause, death of the young is always a ragedy for those left behind. When a young person’s death s also sudden and unexplained, the tragedy is compounded nd often unbearable. Although relatively infrequent, beween 10% and possibly 30% of sudden deaths in the young emain unexplained after a thorough autopsy (1). Those utopsy-negative deaths occurring after the first year of life re often referred to as sudden unexplained death (SUD) yndrome. This definition distinguishes them from sudden eaths occurring in the first year of life, defined as sudden nfant death syndrome (SIDS).