[Role of the forensic doctor in the assessment of brain injury]. / Papel del médico forense en la valoración de los traumatismos craneoencefálicos.

Although the rate of brain injury remains stable, due to medical advances, many patients who have suffered serious brain injury survive the accident, but remain with very important consequences. The role of the forensic doctor is increasingly more relevant in establishing curing periods, injury stabilization, treatments received and accident consequences so that the courts can dictate the corresponding compensations, incapacity levels and penal grades.

Papel del médico forense en la valoración de los traumatismos craneoencefálicos / Role of the forensic doctor in the assessment of brain injury

A pesar de que la tasa de traumatismos craneoencefálicos se mantiene estable, los avances de la medicina han conllevado que muchos pacientes con traumatismos craneoencefálicos graves sobrevivan a los mismos, pero queden con secuelas muy importantes. El papel del médico forense es cada vez más relevante para establecer períodos de curación o estabilización lesional, tratamientos recibidos y secuelas, para que los tribunales puedan dictaminar las indemnizaciones correspondientes, los grados de incapacidad y la calificación penal (AU)

Although the rate of brain injury remains stable, due to medical advances, many patients who have suffered serious brain injury survive the accident, but remain with very important consequences. The role of the forensic doctor is increasingly more relevant in establishing curing periods, injury stabilization, treatments received and accident consequences so that the courts can dictate the corresponding compensations, incapacity levels and penal grades (AU)

Valoración médico-legal de la secuelas derivadas de traumatismos craneoencefálicos moderados-graves / Legal medical evaluation of the sequels derived from moderate-serious cranioencephalic traumas

En la actualidad, el aumento de personas que sobreviven a un traumatismo craneoencefálico (TCE) de carácter moderado-grave ha provocado un mayor número de secuelas. Esto ha hecho necesario estudiar de forma más específica dichas secuelas. Por esta razón hemos querido reflejar mediante nuestra experiencia profesional y las actuales investigaciones realizadas al respecto cuáles son las secuelas más habituales en casos de pacientes que han padecido un TCE moderado-grave. Asimismo, señalamos la necesidad de concienciar de estos déficits, ya que muchas veces éstos (en concreto los neuropsicológicos) son demasiado específicos si los comparamos con la generalidad del baremo usado para su valoración (AU)

Currently, the increasing number of subjects who survive a moderate to severe cranioencephalic traumatism (CET) has led to a greater number of sequels. This has made it necessary to study these sequels more specifically. Thus, we have wanted to manifest which are the most common sequels in the cases of patients who have suffered moderate to severe CET through our professional experience and current research done on this. Furthermore, we indicate the need to become aware of these deficits since these (specifically neuropsychological) are often too specific if we compare them with the generality of the standard used for their evaluation (AU)

[Legal medical evaluation of the sequels derived from moderate-serious cranioencephalic traumas]. / Valoración médico-legal de la secuelas derivadas de traumatismos craneoencefálicos moderados-graves.

Currently, the increasing number of subjects who survive a moderate to severe cranioencephalic traumatism (CET) has led to a greater number of sequels. This has made it necessary to study these sequels more specifically. Thus, we have wanted to manifest which are the most common sequels in the cases of patients who have suffered moderate to severe CET through our professional experience and current research done on this. Furthermore, we indicate the need to become aware of these deficits since these (specifically neuropsychological) are often too specific if we compare them with the generality of the standard used for their evaluation.