title: [Injury mechanisms in extreme violence settings].
abstract: Extreme violence events are consequence of current world-wide economic, political and social conditions. Injury patterns found among victims of extreme violence events are very complex, obeying several high-energy injury mechanisms. In this article, we present the basic concepts of trauma kinematics that regulate the clinical approach to victims of extreme violence events, in the hope that clinicians increase their theoretical armamentarium, and reflecting on obtaining better outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Dirección General del Hospital Central Militar, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional México, Ciudad de México, México. Electronic address: arcaute52@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Fernando Federico
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Arcaute-Velazquez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Urgencias, Área de Medicina Crítica, Hospital Central Militar, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional México, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Luis Manuel
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: García-Núñez
authors.affiliation: Área de Cirugía, Hospital Central Militar, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional México, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Héctor Faustino
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Noyola-Vilallobos
authors.affiliation: Jefatura de Residentes de Cirugía, Área de Enseñanza, Hospital Central Militar, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional México, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Espinoza-Mercado
authors.affiliation: Cirugía General, Escuela Militar de Graduados de Sanidad, Universidad del Ejército y Fuerza Aérea, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional México, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Carlos Eynar
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Vega
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003288:Contusions / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003654:Deceleration; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D011312:Pressure; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D054159:Torsion, Mechanical; D014754:Violence; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Injury mechanism; Mecanismo de lesión; Trauma; Violence; Violencia