Anaesthetic perioperative management according to the ERAS protocol.

After many years of experience in surgery, a series of recommendations have been created by a group of European specialists to improve the quality of perioperative care and maximize postoperative outcomes. Early mobilization and oral feeding, preoperative oral intake of carbohydrate-rich fluids, proper fluid and pain management, intensive postoperative nausea and vomiting prophylaxis, and antimicrobial and thromboembolism prophylaxis are the interventions that may decrease surgery-induced metabolic stress and facilitate the return of bowel function and early discharge. The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society is the group that focuses on these perioperative issues.

[Biocide exposures reported to Poznan Toxicological Information Center].

System of biocide products control in Poland started from 1st of July 2007. 364 biocide exposures were reported to Poznan Toxicological Information Center at that time. Most of them happened by accident (88.

Legal highs toxicity--symptomatology and clinical diagnosis in case series.

Legal highs offered by online shops and smart shops are blends of natural substances and synthetic additives which have an actual or perceived psychoactive effect which stimulates central nervous system, are supposed to improve mood and alter the perception of reality. Advertisements of these substances tempt potential buyers with a promise of a legal narcotic high, because these substances are not included on the lists of controlled substances. Easy access and the sense of safety make these products the reason of acute toxicity.