Cyclodextrin (CD) complexes of cholesterol--their potential use in reducing dietary cholesterol intake.

The main objective of this investigation was to test and see if cyclodextrins, a type of molecule which form inclusion complexes, could effectively prevent the absorption of food derived cholesterol. Cyclodextrins are nontoxic and easily tolerated, having only a slight sweet taste. alpha,beta,gamma-Cyclodextrins, 2-Hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (2-HPCD), and heptakis-O,O-dimethyl-beta-cyclodextrin (DMCD) were tested in solutions of different concentrations.

The role of forensic experts in civil and criminal procedures in Hungary.

This short paper examines developments in expert evidentiary procedures in forensic cases in Hungary. The basis of current practice is described and certain problems arising from this are discussed.

[The role of D2 lymphadenectomy in the surgical treatment of gastric carcinoma].

The authors examine 145 patients with gastric carcinoma who underwent curative resection with additional D2 lymphadenectomy at the 2nd Surgical Department of DUMHSC between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 2000. Subtotal resection was performed in 103 patients, and total, gastrectomy was performed in 42 patients. Postoperative mortality was 5.

[Medical judgement on driving capability].

Driving is an activity which puts forward the question of whether the driver is able to competently fulfill the task or not. Driving is affected or altered by age and various illnesses and the driver may not always concede that his/her driving ability is affected by these. The examination of driver capability is an important target.

Distribution of inorganic elements in human autopsy tissue.

In the practice of forensic medicine, we find many of cases of death where the actual cause is not determinable with autopsy, histological or toxicological examinations. In these cases of death, we can consider cardiac dysfunction of unknown origin, in the background of which such a physiologic cardiac insufficiency occurs that cannot be detected with the previously mentioned methods. The dysfunction is possibly associated with a significant change in certain inorganic elements, primarily in the conduction system of the heart.