Deaths: Trauma, Thorax - Pathology

R. G. Menezes; S. A. Luis; M. A. Kharoshah; M. Madadin

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-800034-2.00114-2

Deaths: Trauma, Thorax - Pathology

R. G. Menezes, S. A. Luis, M. A. Kharoshah, M. Madadin

Cardiovascular Medicine

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Abstract

The thorax represents a significant percentage of the total body surface area and contains the vital heart and lungs, and other wide-ranging internal structures. As a result, the thorax is potentially subjected to a variety of trauma from mechanical forces that cause significant morbidity and mortality. A significant proportion of unnatural deaths across the globe occur as a result of trauma to the thorax, and therefore an understanding of the pathophysiology of thoracic trauma is essential to the practice of forensic pathology.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Subtitle of host publication	Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	168-177
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128000557
ISBN (Print)	9780128000342
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-800034-2.00114-2
State	Published - Nov 4 2015

Keywords

Blunt cardiovascular injury
Blunt-force trauma
Cardiac injury
Commotio cordis
Death
Flail chest
Heart
Pathology
Pulmonary injury
Rib fracture
Sharp-force trauma
Thorax
Tracheobronchial injury
Trauma
Traumatic pneumothorax

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General Social Sciences

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