MUERTE SÚBITA EN EL DEPORTE, PROPUESTA DE INTERVENCIÓN TEMPRANA

Abstract

Despite the low rates of occurrence, Sudden Death occurs in healthy athletes and even in high performance sports events worldwide. Its etiology is attributed mainly to cardiovascular diseases and congenital pathologies. The main objective of this article, is to compile and review specialized articles to establish the state-of-the-art in this matter. A specialized search was conducted in PubMed, Science Direct, Scielo, Redalyc and La Referencia databases, identifying 43.608 related articles, selecting 29 of them which meet certain adopted selection criteria. Finally, the main causes, symptoms and trigger factors of Sudden Death are identified and analyzed, and the procedures oriented to prevention and proper management of these events, as well as the necessary training of capabilities and skills aimed at the first respondents, are described.