Comments on a Sudden Infant Death Article in Another Journal

* Abbreviation: SIDS = : sudden infant death syndrome I have been an avid reader and admirer of the New England Journal of Medicine since I was a medical student many years ago. As an editor, I confess I envy the journal its large circulation and the many fine articles it publishes. Recently, however, the journal published an article by Schwartz et al entitled “Prolongation of the QT Interval and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,” ( N Engl J Med. 1998;338:1709–1714), and an editorial by Friedman and Towbin complimenting the study. The commentary cited the study as offering “compelling evidence” of a link between the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and …