Jacek Sein Anand

..Psychiatric consultation revealed reactive depression syndrome in all the cases, requiring pharmacological treatment. After being discharged from the Clinic the patients were sent to Pain Control Dispensary...

..The registration of venomous and poisonous animals in the Regional Poison Control Centers should be compulsory. There is a need for initiating educational activity among people who keep dangerous animals at home as their pets...

..AUDIT questionnaire is more effective and sensitive diagnostic instrument comparing to CAGE and may be useful for identification for both, addicted and misusing alcohol patients...

..The procedures of albumin dialysis caused significant lowering of blood glucose level, red blood cells and platelets, but without the need for intervention...

..CONCLUSIONS: There are possible cross reactions among imidazolines in patients who are predispose to develop drug-induced liver failure. The doctors should pay much more attention to possible drug side effects...

..5 to 14.7 mg/dl. The female was discharged from the hospital in good general condition. The two months follow up showed that the patient felt very well, and the plasma bilirubin was reduced to 2.2 mg/dl...

..None of the surgeons used the screening test to evaluate the drinking misuse of the patients. The brief intervention was not used by the medical staff despite its low cost and high effectiveness...

..On the day of admission one of the patients had increased the dosage up to 600 mg which caused an acute intoxication. CONCLUSION: Antidepressants should be treated as a drugs with possible abuse ability...

..Among attempters with the psychiatric diagnosis of depression, schizophrenia and alcohol addiction the degree of poisoning was significantly more severe than in the patients with situational reaction...

..The main reason of suicidal attempts in pregnant women was unplanned pregnancy (9 cases, 47.4%). None of the studied females admitted that the main reason of suicidal attempt was an abortion induction...

..Treatment of patients with acute baclofen intoxication should take place in hospitals appropriately equipped which can provide artificial respiration...

..Mechanical pylorostenosis provoked by cocaine packages required emergency surgical operation...

..It could not be excluded that early administration of gastric lavage and activated carbon was partly responsible for mild course of poisoning...

..There were no significant changes in the medical examination as well as biochemical results. An agitation which transformed into bradykinesia and bradyphasia and lasted for about 24 hours were the only complaints of the patient...

..Growth hormone in a small dosage taken together with low-carbohydrate and rich-protein diet can provoke deep hypoglicemia among people who use it for doping purposes...

..Bisoprolol deteriorated lower urinary tract symptoms in patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Increase of lower urinary tract symptoms caused by beta-blockers can be more significant in elderly men...

..There is an urgent need to establish the national network of RPCC in Poland. The up-dated source of information and unified system of collecting data should be introduced as soon as possible...

..4. Almost all volunteers (96.4%) want to use smoking cessation intervention in their patients. 5. Above 75% students declared to broaden their knowledge about diagnostic and smoking cessation therapy...

..when sitting. The main symptoms were probably caused by inhibition of alpha1 adrenergic receptors. Conclusion: Main clinical manifestations make us reconsider the opinion about safety of fenspiride especially after acute intoxication...

..Conclusions: Cannulation as well as decannulation of the central vessels should be performed by experienced doctors. Decannulation should always be done in the Trendelenburg position...

..01). Conclusion: Extracts of Tricholoma equestre mushrooms stored for 12 months at (-)20 degrees C did not cause rhabdomyolysis in male BALB/c mice...

..It seems that there is an urgent need to provide further education for general practitioners and make better use of the existing structures engaged in the diagnosis and therapy of alcohol abusers...

..Despite the significantly lower serum alcohol level in adolescents the grade of coma was higher than in the adult group. There were 6 patients in deep coma and acute respiratory failure who required invasive mechanical ventilation...

..8%) routinely asked patients about drug abuse. The quick intervention was not used by any of general practitioners. It seems that there is an urgent need to provide further education for general practitioners concerning drug abusers...

..Further investigations should be carried out to confirm the safety of cetirizine in the conditions of massive intoxication and with coexistence of other risk factors...

..6%). Conclusions: There was no correlation between the dosage of baclofen and the clinical outcome. Baclofen poisoned patients should be admitted to hospitals with adequate medical equipment, especially respirators...

..It is important to make bank of antidotes which could be placed in the regional poison control centres. All these procedures could be carried out without too much expenditure...

..The clinical manifestations of acute topiramate toxicity are described...

..Acute tiagabine poisoning may present with a wide variety of neurological symptoms. Administration of benzodiazepines may improve the outcome of overdose...

..The signs of intoxications were drowsiness, blurred speech, ataxia, tachycardia, dizziness, confusion and vomiting. The described case required only symptomatic treatment...

..Unconscious patients or those with acute onset of neurological disorders can form a real diagnostic challenge, especially when there is no evidence of previous drug taking...

..Conclusions: The medicine containing sibutramine should be used under the strict medical control. For safety of the patients all herbal products should be buy from authorized her..

..6% the feeling of disturbing others while smoking. The increase of general life satisfaction measured by Cantril's ladder was observed in 94.7% of responders after cessation of smoking...

..Further study is necessary to establish the potentially lethal blood concentration of xylene...

..In case of any side effects like palpitation, headache and vertigo, nervousness or tremor which take place during the Meizitanc treatment the medical consultation is needed...

..Albumin dialysis may be considered as a bridge for the liver transplantation in patients intoxicated with Amanita phalloides...

..Adolescents possess poor knowledge of the lethal potential of drugs, specially over-the-counter medications. The media have to take more responsibility for transmitting news concerning youth which should be more honest and verified...

..Increasing number of patients with diabetic nephropathy and in advanced age will require great effort both from nephrological community and health care system...

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..Patients treated with statins or fibrates may eat Tricholoma equestre in reasonable amount according to the established tradition...

..quot; Although preliminary, our findings suggest that topical adrenergic decongestants can produce rewarding effects when administered by inhalation...

..Social support (emotional, valuational, instrumental, informational) provided by nurses proved to be a very important factor in treating patients after suicidal attempts...

..A further 10-year follow-up period was free of any pathological changes except for a slight hyperuricemia. To the best of our knowledge, the similar case has not been reported in the medical literature and electronic data bases...

..1) years. Smoking rate was 80.3% at diagnosis of the second cancer and only 10 patients (13.1%) quit smoking when first cancer was recognized. The results of the research indicate the necessity of conducting wide prophylactic actions...

..The attempt of treatment 7 patients with metformin (2550 mg/24h) for 3-4 months has not caused significant decrease of daily insulin requirement...

..There were no paper boxes and patient information leaflets attached. As prescription medicines erectile dysfunction drugs should be purchased from a pharmacy only. They need to be used under strict medical control...

..In cases of a family poisoning, proper coordination and cooperation among toxicology departments and transplant centers is required...

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..The absence of gas and cerebral infarction in CT scans does not exclude brain gas embolism. The use of hyperbaric therapy should be considered in treating severe cases of hydrogen peroxide poisoning...

..Late sequela (as esophagus stricture) after caustic ingestion may lead to extreme cachexia in spite of endoscopic and surgical treatment. Dual caustic ingestion obstructs the diagnostic and treatment and worsens patient's prognosis...

..Our observation confirms the results of Bedry and co-workers that Tricholoma equestre contains a toxin, which can cause rhabdomyolysis...

..68 to 10.0 (approx. 3.2) mg/L and in the urine from 16 to 64 (approx. 35) mg/L. The press and television campaign caused elimination of fatal intoxications with parametoxy-amphetamine during the last 13 months...

..As much as 97.2% of respondents pointed the poison information centers as a main source of information in case of chemical accidents...

..Further investigations, especially in the hospitals which are placed near the potentially dangerous factories, should be carried on in the near future...

..The clinical toxicologists should be asked to prepare up-to-date, advanced methods and regulations for life support in case of heavy chemical accidents...

..She was conscious but somnolent. Minimal blood pressure was 90/50 mmHg. The patient was treated with gastric lavage and crystalloids infusion. During two days of observation the symptoms were rapidly retreated...

..Temporary increase of creatine kinase activity as well as the presence of inverted T segment in V1-V4 leads may suggest cardiotoxic effects of captan during acute intoxication...

..Age-standardized incidence rate in the reproductive system was higher in comparison with the corresponding rates for digestive and respiratory systems. The authors put under discussion a hypothesis of this phenomenon...

..5 ml/dose) to improve his strength, speed and physical fitness. Tested serum mercury level was 300 micrograms/L and urinary mercury excretion 500 micrograms/L/24 hours...

..The histopathological examination results of primary and recurrent tumours were identical. Six patients died at the age from 40 to 89 (mean 66.8) years. The survival of patients after recurrence was from 4 to 11 (mean 7.3) months...

..Treatment with imatinib 400 mg/day for 7 to 37 (mean 24.2) months had no positive effect on clinical course of type 2 diabetes...

..It was found, that the person who urged the girl to commit suicide was a 33 year-old married woman, fascinated by psychology and parapsychology...

..Due to that, the therapeutic procedures were highly incompatible with present standards...

..In 25 (32.9%) patients single psychological symptoms of depression could be seen and depression episodes were diagnosed in 17 patients (22.4%)...