[Evaluation of pituitary-gonadal axis in alcohol dependent males].

Unlabelled: Chronic alcoholism leads to organic damages of nervous system, the liver and the endocrine system. The aim of the study is to evaluate pituitary-gonadal axis in males chronically dependent with alcohol.

Material And Methods: The study group consisted of 50 alcohol dependent men aged 27 to 53 years (40.

Panther cap Amanita pantherina poisoning case report and review.

An analysis of patients with mushroom poisoning hospitalized in the Clinic of Toxicology in Cracow revealed that only a small percentage of cases had been caused by the death cap Amanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Secr.

[Dangerous, illegal captivities].

On the 21st of August 1997 the Polish legislature introduced the first animal protection law nr 724. This act however failed to specify in a clear and proper manner the problem of possession and maintenance of dangerous animals, which allows its multiple interpretations. Poland ratified the Washington Convention in 1990 restricting the trade of animals classified as endangered species.

[The CNS damage due to methanol poisoning in the case of 23-year-old male patient addicted to organic solvents].

The aim of this study is the presentation of the case of acute methanol inhalation poisoning and CSN damage connected with this incidence. 23-years old male patient addicted to organic solvents for 5 years was admitted to the Toxicological Unit because of suspicion of organic solvents poisoning. In the case history the patient was exposed to organic solvents in the admission day, he denied drinking alcohol in last time.

[Acute chloroquine intoxication--rare, but always serious: case reports and literature review].

Chloroquine is a derivative of 4-aminoquinoline, which is used in the malaria prophylaxis and treatment and the therapy of some connective tissue diseases. Its narrow therapeutic index causes that the medicine is relatively toxic, especially in the case of an overdose or an acute intoxication. In the recent study two cases of the acute chloroquine poisoning, hospitalized in the Toxicology Department in Kraków, were described and one of them was fatal.

[Late sequelae of tetraethyl lead poisoning].

In our previous study a tetraethyl lead poisoning due to a rural environmental exposure of four family members was described. A differently intensified OUN dysfunction dominated clinical picture. Cognition status and degree of OUN dysfunction was monitored using generally accepted neurobehavioral test battery.

[Diagnostic problems in case of environmental exposure to tetraethyl lead].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was the presentation of the chronic tetraethyl lead poisoning of the 4 person family in the place of settlement.

Case Report: 15.5-years-old man was admitted to the regional Pediatric Ward because of changes of behavior, hallucinations, agitation.

Clinical status of carbon-monoxide-poisoned patients and the results of rest 99mTc-MIBI and 99mTc-Amiscan heart scintigraphy performed in the acute phase of intoxication and stress-rest 99mTc-MIBI scintigraphy six month later.

The double tracer (99mTc-MIBI and 99mTc-Amiscan) scintigraphy is an useful technique to imagine cardiac injury due to CO intoxication. Accumulation (retention) of 99mTc-MIBI is dependent on blood flow and cellular and mitochondrial electrical potential of myocytes. The lower tracer accumulation is seen not only in necrotic heart tissue regions, but also in ischemic area of worse metabolic rate and perfusion.

Clinical and scintigraphic (99mTc-MIBI SPECT) heart evaluation in young acutely carbon monoxide poisoned patients.

The results of myocardial (99mTc-MIBI SPECT) perfusion scintigraphy according to clinical evaluation, ECG, biochemical factors of necrosis and indicators of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning severity are described in the paper. Under examination there were 88 young (mean age 26 +/- 8.5) acutely CO poisoned patients without previous cardiac illness history, treated at the Department of Clinical Toxicology Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow in 1996 to 2002.

Concentration of ethanol and other volatile compounds in the blood of acutely poisoned alcoholics.

The presence of volatile compounds, such as acetone, acetaldehyde, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, and n-propanol, in the blood of 169 acutely poisoned alcoholics was determined. The clinical diagnosis of addiction was made on the basis of a patient interview as well as physical, psychological, and psychiatric examination. At the time of the patients' admission to the clinic, the mean concentration of ethanol in blood was 3.