Reducing sudden death in young people in Australia and New Zealand: the TRAGADY initiative

Med J Aust. 2008 Nov 17;189(10):539-40. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02173.x.

Abstract

Best-practice guidelines mandate a full postmortem examination in these deaths to identify genetic causes and allow potentially life-saving interventions in the victim's relatives.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Australia / epidemiology
  • Autopsy / standards*
  • Death, Sudden / epidemiology*
  • Death, Sudden / pathology
  • Death, Sudden / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • New Zealand / epidemiology
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic