[Deep hypotension with transient oliguria and severe heart failure in course of acute intentional poisoning with amlodipine].

A case of acute poisoning with amlodipine with deep hypotension, transient oliguria and clinical signs of acute heart failure was described. A woman of 23 years swallowed intentionally 60 tablets of amlodipine (600 mg). After eleven hours of ingestion she was admitted to Warsaw Poison Control Centre.

[Correlation of carbamazepine levels in blood with clinical poisoning states, evaluated with the help of the APACHE II system and the Matthew coma scale].

Acute carbamazepine (CBZ) poisoning occurs recently quite often. Symptomatology of poisoning is variable but usually various degrees of consciousness impairment prevail. 77 patients (36 women and 41 man, mean age 31.