Esperanza López Hidalgo, María Victoria Villalba Soria, Desirée Ruiz Ruano
{"title":"Chemical submission. Evaluation of the level of knowledge of health workers","authors":"Esperanza López Hidalgo, María Victoria Villalba Soria, Desirée Ruiz Ruano","doi":"10.1016/j.remle.2025.100419","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remle.2025.100419","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Chemical submission is a phenomenon that has become increasingly important in recent years and doctors who care for a victim should have enough knowledge about it. Our objective is to determine the degree of knowledge of doctors who, in their professional condition, could assist to a chemical submission victim.</div></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><div>We have carried out a survey among health workers who can assist to a chemical submission victim in order to determine their level of knowledge in this matter.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The results show that doctors think they don't have enough knowledge about chemical submission.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Specific training programs in chemical submission should be implemented.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101178,"journal":{"name":"Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine","volume":"51 1","pages":"Article 100419"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143593436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos García Caballero, María Antonia Martínez González
{"title":"Deaths in prison: Toxicological findings in cases analysed at the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences (Madrid) during the period 2021–2023","authors":"Carlos García Caballero, María Antonia Martínez González","doi":"10.1016/j.remle.2025.100428","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remle.2025.100428","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>A 39.5 % of violent deaths that occurred in Spanish prisons were drug-related deaths.</div><div>In this study, we assess the role of abused drugs and prescribed psychoactive drugs in a cohort of prison deaths cases along three years.</div></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><div>A cohort of 40 cases were received during the period 2021–2023. Each of them was classified following several parameters: sex, age, pathologies, pharmacologycal treatment, reported cause of death and toxicologycal analysis (analysed samples and detected substances following analytical routine).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A 82.5 % of cases submitted (n = 33) were classified as violent deaths: suicide by hangling (39.4% n = 13) and drug-related deaths (60.6 % n = 20). The Victim's profile was a man with a mean age of 39.5 years old, who suffered from a mental disease and had been prescribed a medical treatment mainly with psychoactive drugs.</div><div>In cases of suicide by hangling, toxicologycal analysis revealed psychoactive drug consumption, such as benzodiazepines and gabaergic drugs. On the other hand, in drug-related death cases, polyconsumption involving abuse drugs and prescribed drugs was prevalent.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>The whole of violent death cases showed a positive toxicologycal result. In regard to these results, we should highlight the absence of alcohol, and the polyconsumption of prescribed and not prescribed psychoactive drugs involving abuse drugs in those cases where polydrug intoxication was reported as a cause of death. Abuse drugs detected corresponded with consumption patterns in Spanish society.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101178,"journal":{"name":"Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine","volume":"51 1","pages":"Article 100428"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143594035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marta Grijalba , Eneko Barbería , José M. Montero , Rafael Bañón , Mar Pastor , Rosa Ana Marcos , Andrés Santiago-Sáez
{"title":"Organization of legal and forensic medicine in Spain","authors":"Marta Grijalba , Eneko Barbería , José M. Montero , Rafael Bañón , Mar Pastor , Rosa Ana Marcos , Andrés Santiago-Sáez","doi":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.11.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.11.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The organization of Legal and Forensic Medicine in Spain has undergone important structural and functional changes. Social, legislative, and technological progress has determined an evolution in the form of access, scope of action, organizational dependence, functions, specialisation, provision of resources, extrajudicial activities, and relations with other institutions. The figure of the forensic doctor attached to a court, isolated, polyvalent, with no teaching or research activity is now a thing of the past. The figure of the Institutes already provided for in Organic Law 6/1985 of 1 July 1985 on the Judiciary promoted unity of action, teamwork, specialisation and training, teaching, and research. The enactment of Royal Decree 144/2023, of 28 February, approving the Regulations of the Institutes of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences has allowed these technical bodies to adapt to the process of modernisation of justice and to the necessary social and health projection of forensic sciences. We must look to the future and adapt the organizational structure, the functioning of the institutes, and the regulations for their creation and entry into operation to the new changes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101178,"journal":{"name":"Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine","volume":"50 4","pages":"Pages 155-163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143144418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine: Bibliometric analysis in Scopus for the period 2008–2024","authors":"Eneko Barbería , Alexandre Xifró , Carles Martin-Fumadó , Cèlia Rudilla-Soler","doi":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To analyse the coverage and main bibliometric indicators of <em>Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine</em> (SJLM) in the Scopus database.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We identified the evolution of the journal's production between 2008 and 2024 and the citation and impact indicators (number of citations, CiteScore, Scimago Journal Rank-SJR, quartile, h-index, most cited and read papers).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>515 papers were included in Scopus (27.1 annual average) with an h-index of 15 and a self-citation rate of 21.5% for the period studied. The number of citations received in Scopus was 1510, reaching the peak of citations in 2022. In the category “<em>Pathology and Forensic Medicine</em>”, for the year 2023, SJLM obtained an h-index of 13, with an SJR of 0.217 corresponding to the third quartile. In 2023, the percentage of female authors was 53.85%. The most productive institutions were the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Catalonia and the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences. The article with the best metrics was the one related to gender violence and confinement due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic published in 2020.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>A positive evolution of SJLM metrics is observed during the period studied. The improvement of the journal's indicators would benefit from its indexing in other international databases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101178,"journal":{"name":"Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine","volume":"50 4","pages":"Pages 141-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143144381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The teaching of legal and forensic medicine in Spain","authors":"Bernardo Perea-Pérez , Francisco Pera-Bajo , Enrique Dorado-Fernández , Andrés Santiago-Sáez","doi":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The teaching of legal and forensic medicine in Spain is undergoing a period of profound change. With the implementation of the new curricula based on the “Bologna Plan”, undergraduate teaching in medical schools has generally lost in quantitative importance compared to previous curricula. However, postgraduate training, and in particular, the specialty of legal and forensic medicine in residency training, has made very significant progress. A 4-year specialisation, with rotations in the Institutes of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences and the subsidised health centres, should provide the necessary training for future forensic doctors in Spain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101178,"journal":{"name":"Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine","volume":"50 4","pages":"Pages 149-154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143144414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Spanish Journal of Forensic Medicine","authors":"Clara Ortega","doi":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101178,"journal":{"name":"Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine","volume":"50 4","pages":"Pages 135-137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143144412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Practical tips for writing a scientific article","authors":"Erik Cobo, José Antonio González","doi":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.11.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.11.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The text explores the importance of scientific publishing in the medical field and the dual role of the author/reviewer. The reviewer's work is crucial, as their objective is to assist other authors in improving their manuscripts and ensuring that methods are reproducible, which allows for the validation of results in future studies. In the interest of greater transparency, we emphasise the role of publication guidelines, such as CONSORT, which promote rigorous and reproducible research. There is substantial evidence demonstrating that adherence to these guidelines can enhance the quality of articles. Finally, researchers are encouraged to contribute honestly to the advancement of knowledge and best clinical practices, with the hope that their findings will translate into public health benefits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101178,"journal":{"name":"Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine","volume":"50 4","pages":"Pages 164-166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143144419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amadeo Pujol-Robinat , Francisco J. Pera-Bajo , Josep Arimany-Manso
{"title":"The most recent stage of the Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine","authors":"Amadeo Pujol-Robinat , Francisco J. Pera-Bajo , Josep Arimany-Manso","doi":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101178,"journal":{"name":"Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine","volume":"50 4","pages":"Pages 138-140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143144413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Josep Arimany-Manso , María Dolores Pérez-Cárceles , Marta Grijalba-Mazo , Amadeo Pujol-Robinat
{"title":"Career options for forensic and legal medicine specialists: A multidisciplinary approach","authors":"Josep Arimany-Manso , María Dolores Pérez-Cárceles , Marta Grijalba-Mazo , Amadeo Pujol-Robinat","doi":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this article, we analyse the future job opportunities for the specialty of legal and forensic medicine. With the integration of the specialty into the MIR training system and with a new teaching programme, the aim is for the new specialist in legal and forensic medicine to have a high level of training and to prepare highly qualified doctors to work in the field of the specialty of legal and forensic medicine. The main objective of this training is that the specialists acquire knowledge and skills to investigate and evaluate from a medical–scientific point of view the cases related to justice, such as injuries, medico-legal investigation of death, causes of death, crimes against sexual freedom, and forensic psychiatry, among others. Furthermore, the specialists can integrate into the university world, making academic career (university professors), in addition to integration in other areas as described in the article.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101178,"journal":{"name":"Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine","volume":"50 4","pages":"Pages 167-172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143144420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elisa Hernández García , Manuel Alfonso Aparcero Fernández del Campo , Agustín Sibón Olano , Alba Esparrago de Mingo
{"title":"Giant coronary aneurysm. A rare entity and an unusual finding in forensic practice. About a case","authors":"Elisa Hernández García , Manuel Alfonso Aparcero Fernández del Campo , Agustín Sibón Olano , Alba Esparrago de Mingo","doi":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.remle.2024.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101178,"journal":{"name":"Spanish Journal of Legal Medicine","volume":"50 3","pages":"Pages 129-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142272091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}