Lesiones secundarias de asfixia mecánica en atención primaria de salud para el esclarecimiento de la justicia

Abstract

Introduction: Asphyxia constitutes a very prominent approach within the framework of legal and forensic medicine, therefore, it depends on disorders of pulmonary ventilation and circulation, thus leading to the obstruction of oxygen, however, as it is of mechanical origin, it is linked to exogenous factors through physical mechanisms, which is essential to recognize external physical findings, useful for professional practice.Objective:To identify the main injuries due to mechanical asphyxiation in primary health care, through the systematic review of scientific articles for the clarification of justice. Materials and methods: Descriptive-observational study, based on the search for scientific articles in databases such as PubMed and Scielo, the same ones that have been published for 5 years. Conclusion:It is essential that the doctor knows and identifies the peculiar characteristics, and knows how to recognize their types from the legal medical point of view, with the purpose of providing information, recognizing their cause and being able to act before it, as it represents a cause of death elevated to the highest