In vitro study of AMP-deaminase from fish (Cyprinus carpio) treated with hydrolyzable tannins.

AMP-deaminase (EC 3.5.4.

[Post-intubation lesion of the trachea].

The lesions of the trachea resulting from intubation are scarce. Each laceration of the tracheal wall threatens the patient's life. This article presents 5 cases of the post-intubation lesion of the trachea, treated at the Department of Toracosurgery at this hospital during 1998-2003.

[A large pancreatic pseudocyst penetrating into mediastinum causing progressive airways occlusion and death: a case report].

Pancreatic pseudocysts arise mostly as a complication of acute or chronic pancreatitis. In this paper we present a case of 44-years-old female suffering from large pancreatic pseudocyst leading to death, as a result of airways suppression.

[Anaphylactic shock leading to death in a young woman after oral administration of metamizole (Pyralginum-Polfa)--case report].

The purpose of the report was to describe a case of anaphylactic shock in a 22-year-old woman after administration of one tablet of metamizole (pyralginum-Polfa). The patient died, notwithstanding intensive treatment applied rapidly. The patient had been treated for bronchial asthma for a few years.

[Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis or congenital paramyotonia: an attempt of treatment with phenytoin].

Authors describe 2 patients with hyperkalemic period paralysis where positive therapeutic effect was achieved after treatment with phenytoin. They compare the features of paramyotonia congenital with hyperkalemic period paralysis and they think that they are the same disease with different clinical signs.