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G Swiatecka

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PubMed1975

Some biochemical indices of posttransfusion shock induced under protection by selective hypothermia of the brain.

Biochemical disorders accompanying posttransfusion shock in cats under protection by selective cerebral hypothermia, by our own method was studied in cats. In 11 of 22 cats, selective cerebral hypothermia was performed before transfusion of human group A blood. In 11 control cats, transfusions were made without prior selective cerebral hypothermia. The following parameters were determined in venous blood: pH, pCO2, HCO3, content and excess of buffer bases. Selective cerebral hypothermia diminished mortality in cats in posttransfusion shock and reduced the intensity of the biochemical changes accompanying shock.

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[Effect of atrio-ventricular conduction on the appearance of supraventricular arrhythmia and thrombotic complications in patients with chronic stimulation of cardiac ventricles in sick sinus syndrome].

Two hundred three patients with sick sinus node disease were treated with continuous ventricular stimulation between 1981 and 1985. To 1988, 168 patients aged between 26 and 88 years were followed-up for 5.1 years on the average. All these patients were divided into two groups: I (93 patients) with sinusal bradycardia, and group II (93 patients) with brady-tachycardia. Ventriculo-atrial conduction was seen in 82.61% of patients of group I in whom the implantation of electric stimulator produced the attacks of atrial fibrillation, and in 44.23% of patients without such attacks (p < 0.01); in 80.77% of patients of group II in whom atrial fibrillation became stable with time, and in 50.57% with intermittent atrial fibrillation (p < 0.01) ventriculo-atrial conduction was noted. It may be concluded, that the presence of ventriculo-atrial conduction in patients with prolonged stimulation of the cardiac ventricles favor the occurrence and stabilization of the paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and thrombotic complications.

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[Transesophageal stimulation of the left cardiac atrium in treatment of atrial flutter].

Transesophageal stimulation of the left cardiac atrium in the treatment of paroxysmal atrial flutter was assessed. An attempt of such a therapy in paroxysmal atrial flutter involved 20 patients. Cardiac atrium was stimulated with overdrive technique, with single or pair of stimuli and multiple impulses of various frequency and duration. Reversal to sinus rhythm was achieved in 10 patients (in 3 out of them through phase of atrial fibrillation transitory). Results confirm therapeutical value of the transesophageal stimulation of the left cardiac atrium in atrial flutter.

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[Twenty-five years of telephonic emergency service in Poland: the aim and role of the Telephone Helpline in the prevention of social pathology].

In 1992 Polish Telephonic Emergency Service celebrated its 25th anniversary. The first two posts of "Telefon Zaufania" (Confidence Telephone) started simultaneously but independently in Wrocław and Gdańsk in 1967. Both sought to serve people in psychological crisis. The Gdańsk post became known as "Anonymous Friend" and it was run on a voluntary basis. In Wrocław "Telefon Zaufania" was strictly professional, it was organized in the Psychiatric Clinical of the Medical Academy and manned only by psychiatrists. Today in Poland there are such telephone posts almost in all cities and larger towns. Since 1973 the Polish telephone posts belong to IFOTES (International Federation of Telephonic Emergency Service) and they follow the norms of IFOTES: anonymity, unselfishness, confidence and befriending callers. In 1990 their was organized the Polish Association of Telephone Service in order first of all to improve the quality and efficiency of their service, to coordinate their work and to co-operate with Polish and international centers. The major problems of callers in crisis are the same in all types of post: family conflicts, marital troubles, peer group problems, the lack of the sense life, suicidal thoughts, drink and/or drug addiction. In the prevention of social pathology "Telefon Zaufania" proves the first, often the only rescue line to people in psychological crisis.

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