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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>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1409-00152017000100051</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Muertes por Hemoaspiración en Costa Rica en el año 2015]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vargas Sanabria]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maikel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Espinoza Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Karla]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Médico Integral Ebenezer  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>34</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>51</fpage>
<lpage>58</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-00152017000100051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-00152017000100051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-00152017000100051&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La aspiración de sangre en las vías respiratorias es un resultado frecuente de las autopsias en casos de trauma, este hallazgo se relaciona a fracturas de la base del cráneo con laceraciones de la naso y orofaringe. La hemorragia pulmonar aguda antes de la muerte puede aparecer como sangrado dentro del árbol bronquial y ocasionalmente proximal a la tráquea, debido a causas traumáticas o no traumáticas. En este estudio se reportan casos de hemoaspiración ocurridos en víctimas fallecidas, siendo un hallazgo forense frecuente, se contabilizaron 3148 víctimas fallecidas en el año 2015, se tomaron los casos que tenían evidencia en la autopsia de sangre en los pulmones y/o en las vías aéreas. Se obtuvo un total de 37 víctimas con dicho diagnóstico forense, con predominio en hombres entre los 21 y 30 años de edad y seguido por hombres entre los 31 y 40 años de edad. Se documentó una mayor incidencia en los meses de abril y diciembre los cuales coinciden con los meses festivos en Costa Rica y la causa de muerte predominante fue accidental, seguido por homicidio y suicidio.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Airway blood aspiration is a frequent result in trauma patient autopsies; it&#8217;s generally associated with skull base fractures with naso and oropharynx. Acute pulmonary hemorrhage prior to death can appear as bleeding in lower airways in traumatic and non-traumatic cases. Occasionally it can also appear in upper respiratory airways as well. In this study we evaluate blood aspiration in dead victims. A total of 3148 victims deceased in 2015, 37 had pulmonary or lower airway hemorrhage as a forensic diagnose, a higher incidence in males was found with ages between 21 and 30 years, followed by males between 31 and 40 years old. The peak incidence was in the months of April and December, which are months with a high amount of holidays in Costa Rica, the predominant cause of death was accidental, followed by homicide and suicide.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hemoaspiración]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[aspiración de sangre en las vías respiratorias]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hemoaspiration]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[airway blood aspiration]]></kwd>
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