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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>
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</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1409-00152016000100025</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Hemotórax]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Campos Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Xiomara]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vega Ávalos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Gabriela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,aff1  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,vega-ana889@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>25</fpage>
<lpage>34</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000100025&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000100025&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-00152016000100025&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El hemotórax es una patología que de no ser diagnosticada y tratada a tiempo amenaza la vida del paciente, &#8220;los traumas torácicos son el 25% de los tipos de trauma en los pacientes politraumatizados&#8221; (Greenfield, 2011). Por lo tanto, es de suma importancia realizar un adecuado examen físico primario y secundario, para así poder descartar lesiones que ameriten una actitud resolutiva de emergencia; asimismo, el diagnóstico es clínico y radiológico, siempre tomando en consideración la condición global del paciente. Lo anterior, para elegir el método más práctico, rápido y fidedigno para apoyar el diagnóstico clínico; el tratamiento con sello de tórax es el manejo de elección inicial, el cual dependiendo de la evolución clínica del paciente seguirá una serie de métodos para realizar la completa evacuación del mismo y evitar, en la medida de lo posible, las complicaciones. Además, es de gran interés realizar un tratamiento rápido y eficaz para evitar que el líquido se coagule, lo cual puede producir un empiema o fibrotórax. Por esta razón, todos los proveedores de la salud, en especial los médicos encargados de emergencias y los cirujanos deben tener en mente el probable desarrollo de un hemotórax en pacientes quienes sufran síntomas inexplicables de hipovolemia, específicamente en politraumatizados, por esto se debe conocer a profundidad las características de esta patología.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Hemothorax is a disease in which if not diagnosed and treated in time, threatens the patient&#8217;s life. Thoracic traumas account for 25% of trauma in politraumatized patients (Greenfield, 2011), it is paramount to perform an adequate first and secondary physical examination, so we can rule out any problems that merit an emergency operative attitude. The diagnosis is clinical and radiological, taking always into consideration the overall condition of the patient, to choose the most convenient treatment, the fastest and most reliable method to support the clinical diagnosis. The chest tube is the initial choice method, depending on the clinical evolution of the patient a number of other methods can be perform in order to complete the evacuation of the collection and avoid as much as possible the complications; it is very important to make a fast and effective treatment to prevent the liquid from clotting, which can cause empyema or fibrothorax. All health providers and more the physicians in charge of the emergency department and the surgeons, should keep in mind the likely development of a hemothorax in patients suffering unexplained symptoms of hypovolemia in trauma cases, that is why is important to know in depth the characteristics of this disease.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hemotórax]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hipovolemia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Diagnóstico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tratamiento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hemothorax]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hypovolemia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Diagnosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Treatment]]></kwd>
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