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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1409-0015</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina Legal de Costa Rica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. leg. Costa Rica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-0015</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Costarricense de Medicina Forense]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1409-00152016000100063</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Trauma Eléctrico]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ávila Darcia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Solís Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[William]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,sermar13@hotmail.com  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>63</fpage>
<lpage>69</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000100063&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000100063&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000100063&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El trauma eléctrico puede ocurrir por contacto con un cable eléctricamente activo o con un rayo, clasificándose el mismo en lesiones por bajo voltaje para aquellas de menos de 1000V y lesiones por alto voltaje para aquellas de más de 1000V. Posee una incidencia poco despreciable siendo una causa frecuente de lesión por un fenómeno natural. Diferentes factores entre ellos el tipo de corriente, la resistencia de los tejidos, la duración del contacto, el voltaje, y los factores ambientales definen la gravedad y extensión de las lesiones que produce. Los tejidos afectados con mayor frecuencia son los nervios, vasos, hueso, músculo y piel siendo prevalentes las quemaduras, arritmias, parestesias y otros daños a los sistemas nervioso y cardiovascular. A pesar de tener una mortalidad baja, la lesión difusa causada por el trauma eléctrico deriva en una importante cantidad de secuelas a corto y largo plazo que se presenta en un alto porcentaje de los sobrevivientes y que, debido a su sintomatología inespecífica podría resultar difícil de identificar y diagnosticar.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Electric trauma can occur by contact with an active electric wire or a lightning, being classified in low-voltage injuries for those under 1000V and high- voltage injuries for those over 1000V. It has a little despicable incidence being a frequent cause of injury from a natural phenomenon. Different factors including the type of current, resistance of the tissues, duration of contact, voltage, and environmental factors determine the severity and extent of the injuries that it produces. The tissues most commonly affected are the nerves, vessels, bones, muscle and skin being prevalent the burns, arrhythmias, paresthesia, and other damages to the nervous and cardiovascular systems. Despite having a low mortality, diffuse injury caused by electric trauma results in an important amount of short and long-term sequelae that occurs in a high percentage of the survivors, and because of its non-specific symptoms may be difficult to identify and diagnose.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Trauma eléctrico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Rayo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Alto voltaje]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Bajo voltaje]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Electric trauma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lightning]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[High voltaje]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Low voltage]]></kwd>
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