• Airborne pollen and spores’ deposition in alveolar tissues as a tool in drowning forensic diagnosis 

      García-Mozo, H.; Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Badu, Isaak K.; Jimena, Ignacio; Girela-Lopez, Eloy (Springer, 2021)
      We report the results of a histological study of lung samples where an unusual quantity of airborne pollen and fungal spores was found in drowned rats. Pollen and spores were found in lungs of drowned rats but not in the ...
    • Assessment of Doctors’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Confidentiality in Hospital Care 

      Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Labella Quesada, Fernando; Font-Ugalde, Pilar; Girela López, Eloy (Springer, 2019)
      The physician’s duty of confidentiality is based on the observance of the patient’s privacy and intimacy and on the importance of respecting both of these rights, thus creating a relationship of confidence and collaboration ...
    • Complicaciones posparto del síndrome HELLP: diagnóstico post mórtem 

      Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Pérez Jorge, Pablo; Martínez, M. Carmen (Asociación de Médicos Forenses de Andalucía, 2013)
      El síndrome HELLP (del inglés Hemolytic anemia, Elevated Liver enzyme, Low Platelet count) es una complicación que afecta aproximadamente al 0,1% a 0,6% de los embarazos que cursan con preeclampsia. El hecho de que este ...
    • Confidentiality breaches in clinical practice: what happens in hospitals? 

      Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Girela López, Eloy; Collazo Chao, Eliseo; Montero-Pérez-Barquero, Manuel; Muñoz-Villanueva, María del Carmen (BMC (Springer), 2016)
      Background: Respect for confidentiality is important to safeguard the well-being of patients and ensure the confidence of society in the doctor-patient relationship. The aim of our study is to examine real situations in ...
    • ¿Cómo afectan los medios sociales a la confidencialidad de los pacientes? Revisión de los potenciales problemas y recomendaciones 

      Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Girela López, Eloy (Universidad de Chile, 2017)
      Los datos personales relativos a la salud de un individuo se consideran como datos sensibles, por lo que necesitan una “especial protección”. Nos encontramos en una sociedad en la que las tecnologías de información y ...
    • Diatoms in forensic analysis: A practical approach in rats 

      Badu, Isaak K.; Girela López, Eloy; Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Ruz‐Caracuel, Ignacio; Jimena, Ignacio (Sage, 2014)
      A diagnosis of drowning is a challenge in legal medicine, as there is generally a lack of pathognomonic findings indicative of drowning. Diatom analysis has been considered very supportive for a diagnosis of drowning, ...
    • Epidemiology and autopsy findings of 500 drowning deaths 

      Girela López, Eloy; Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Dye, Amanda; Gill, James R. (Elsevier, 2021)
      Introduction: Drowning is a significant public health problem worldwide and the WHO reported that drowning is the world’s third leading unintentional injury death. Nevertheless, there is still uncertainty regarding the ...
    • Forensic age estimation: comparison and validation of the Iscan method in 3D reconstructions using a surface scanner in a Spanish population 

      Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; López Alcaraz, Manuel; Pérez Jorge, Pablo; Velázquez Gómez, José L.; Font-Ugalde, Pilar; Girela López, Eloy (Springer, 2023)
      When investigating a death, post-mortem identification provides with results of great legal and humanitarian significance. The effectiveness of the methods used to estimate age depends on the reference population, considering ...
    • Histological Changes in Skeletal Muscle During Death by Drowning. An Experimental Study 

      Girela López, Eloy; Ruz‐Caracuel, Ignacio; Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Jimena, Ignacio; Leiva-Cepas, Fernando; Jiménez Reina, L.; Peña, José (Wolters Kluwer, 2016)
      A diagnosis of drowning is a challenge in legal medicine as there is generally a lack of pathognomonic findings indicative of drowning. This article investigates whether the skeletal muscle undergoes structural changes ...
    • Measuring moral distress in health professionals using the MMD-HP-SPA scale 

      Girela López, Eloy; Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Boceta-Osuna, Jaime; Aguilera-López, Dolores; Gómez-Carranza, Alejandro; López-Valero, Manuel; Romero Saldaña, Manuel (BMC (Springer), 2024)
      Background: Moral distress (MD) is the psychological damage caused when people are forced to witness or carry out actions which go against their fundamental moral values. The main objective was to evaluate the prevalence ...
    • Problemas éticos en atención primaria durante la pandemia del coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) 

      Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; González Tirado, Magdalena; Girela López, Eloy (Elsevier, 2021)
      Las emergencias de salud pública, como la que estamos viviendo con la pandemia originada por el coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, han originado trágicas limitaciones de recursos que impiden salvar vidas. Provocan tensiones en la ...
    • Relationship between Child Abuse and Delinquent Behavior in Male Adolescents Deprived of Liberty 

      Vallejo Valdivieso, Patricio Alfredo; Zambrano Pincay, Graciela Hernestina; Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Girela López, Eloy (MDPI, 2022)
      The objective is to identify the prevalence of child abuse and criminal behavior among young male prisoners in Ecuador. Method: A total of 425 young people between 12 and 18 years of age, deprived of liberty from different ...
    • Structural abnormalities in the human diaphragm in drowning and hanging deaths: preliminary results 

      Girela López, Eloy; Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Jimena, Ignacio; Pérez-Jorge, Pablo; Ramos-Medina, Valentin; Ruz‐Caracuel, Ignacio; Gill, James R.; Peña Amaro, J. (Springer, 2020)
      Purpose: Previous experiments in rats have indicated that there are histological changes in skeletal muscle in drowning deaths; these changes includemuscle fibers that contain ragged red fibers (RRF). The purpose of this ...
    • Study of the Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Measure of Moral Distress for Health Care Professionals (MMD-HP-SPA) 

      Girela López, Eloy; Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Boceta-Osuna, Jaime; Aguilera-López, Dolores; Gómez-Carranza, Alejandro; García-Linares, Miguel; Llergo Muñoz, Antonio; Romero Saldaña, Manuel (MDPI, 2022)
      Background: The early detection of moral distress requires a validated and reliable instrument. The aim of this study was to carry out an advanced analysis of the psychometric properties of the moral distress scale for ...
    • The role of undergraduate medical students training in respect for patient confidentiality 

      Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Ruiz Montero, Rafael; Labella, Fernando; Girela López, Eloy (BMC (Springer), 2021)
      Background Encouraging professional integrity is vital for providing a standard of excellence in quality medical care and education and in promoting a culture of respect and responsibility. The primary objective of this ...
    • Use of XRD and SEM/EDX to predict age and sex from fire-affected dental remains 

      Pate, Megan L.; Aguilar-Caballos, M.P.; Beltrán Aroca, Cristina María; Pérez-Vicente, C.; Lozano- Molina, Manuel; Girela López, Eloy (Springer, 2018)
      In fire scenarios, the application and accuracy of traditional odontological methods are often limited. Crystalline studies and elemental profiling have been evaluated for their applicability in determining biological ...