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J Caban

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[Plasmapheresis in the treatment of hepatic coma].

Fourteen patients, including 6 with viral hepatitis B and 8 with liver cirrhosis were treated with plasmapheresis for hepatic coma. Altogether 29 plasmaphereses were carried out. Complete recovery was achieved in one patient with viral hepatitis B and in 3 patients with liver cirrhosis. Plasmapheresis should be performed in patients with severe lesions to the liver. Classification of patients to the treatment should include clinical examination, biochemical and enzymatic tests, and evaluation of liver reserve with isotope hepatography. In case of the acute poisoning with hepatotoxic agents indications to plasmapheresis should be evaluated from the toxicologic point of view.

Adolescent↗
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[Primary ulcerations of the small intestine].

The authors report a recent case of primary ulceration of the small intestine revealed by spontaneous perforation. This is a rare condition with a non specific semiology which only exceptionally permits diagnosis before complications occur. The latter are dominated by perforation, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and a sub-acute obstructive syndrome. The lesion, generally single, is found on the anti-mesenteric border of the jejunum or terminal ileum on a short only slightly inflammed segment and pathological examination does not reveal any specific process. Treatment is surgical. It confirms the diagnosis and enables a segmentary resection or simple suture to be carried out. The condition does not recur. A complete etiological investigation is required to exclude other causes of small intestinal ulceration before its "spontaneous" nature may be inferred. Infectious and vascular theories are most often proposed among the pathophysiological hypotheses. Far from being exclusive, these theories may interact and enable a coherent multi-factorial mechanism to be proposed as to the origin of the ulceration (regardless of its initial cause). Spontaneous ulcers are therefore included in a wider nosological classification ranging from stress ulcer to necrosing enteritis.

Adult↗
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[Examinations for appearance of HCV, HBc and HIV antibodies in patients--addicts visiting the outpatient AIDS clinic for infectious diseases AM in Krakow].

Blood and blood products transfusions increase the risk of infection transfer from the donor to recipient. Recently, researchers focus on the post-transfusion hepatitis. Therefore, we surveyed 142 documentations of drug addicts treated at the AIDS out-patient clinic in Kraków. Anti-HCV antibodies have been found in 82 patients (in 3 of the control group) whereas anti-HBc antibodies in 96, and anti-HIV antibodies in 98 patients. Several drug addicts have been carriers of two or three types of antibodies. The results suggest that drug addicts may be a reservoir of infections for themselves, and the remaining part of the Polish population.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
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[Mental disorders in active service men as a reason for premature discharge from the army].

The authors, on the basis of analysis of medical records of 94 active service men hospitalized in the Department of Psychiatry, conclude that the frequency of premature elimination from the army was personality disorder (55.3%) and disadaptation syndromes (24.5%). Revealed in (94.7%) cases symptoms of disadaptation occurred during the first year of duty.

Adult↗