SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.34 issue1Intoxicacion por monoxido de carbonoSíndrome de brugada como casusa de muerte súbita de origen cardíaco author indexsubject indexarticles search
Home Pagealphabetic serial listing  

Services on Demand

Journal

Article

Indicators

Related links

  • Have no similar articlesSimilars in SciELO

Share


Medicina Legal de Costa Rica

On-line version ISSN 2215-5287Print version ISSN 1409-0015

Abstract

MADRIGAL RAMIREZ, Edgar  and  HERNANDEZ CALDERON, Catalina. Generalidades de Trauma Cráneo Encefálico en Medicina Legal. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2017, vol.34, n.1, pp.147-156. ISSN 2215-5287.

The Brain Trauma (TCE) has a very high incidence of morbidity and mortality in its population today, so it is very important to clarify the basic concepts of the injuries produced by the TCE, its timing and the prognosis of these traumas. This article is based on identifying the most frequent primary and secondary lesions and the most important characteristics of each, as well as describing the mechanisms of trauma frequently involved

Keywords : Cranioencephalic trauma; Diffuse axonal damage; epidural hematoma; subdural hematoma; trauma mechanism; legal medical assessment.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )