By Roger W. Byard and Stephen D. Cohle. 545 pp., illustrated. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1994. $100. ISBN 0-521-42031-8.
This book begins with a discussion of sudden death and an overviewthat defines what is meant by "sudden." There is some variabilityof definition in the literature, but for this review the victimshave either been well or have had an apparently minor illness.If they did have a major illness, their condition was thoughtto be stable and thus sudden death was unexpected. The styleof the entire book is scholarly and thorough. Although suddendeath may be considered rare, its incidence in persons 1 to20 years of age ranges from 1.1 to 13.8 per 100,000 per . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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