Medical and forensic criteria for the assessment of abdominal trauma severity

C. Turculet, D. Dermengiu, M. Marinescu

Abstract: Medical and forensic criteria for the assessment of abdominal trauma severity. The authors review the traumatic mechanisms involved in abdominal trauma and spectrum of possible internal organs injuries. A special attention was paid to the criteria that can differentiate between traumatic injuries and “iatrogenic” injuries determined by terminal CPR. Another delicate subject that is analysed is the forensic interpretation of delayed manifestation of abdominal trauma like duodenal or gastric contusions with delayed perforation and peritonitis, or sub capsular spleen haematoma with delayed rupture and hemoperitoneum.
Keywords: abdominal trauma, iatrogenic injuries