Acute Alcohol Poisonings -_` Clinical Aspects` In Pbland the problem

Acute Alcohol Poisonings -_' Clinical Aspects'
SUflMERY
In Pbland the problem o,f alcoholism as- w~l as excessive
alcohq~ intake by non-dependants is very serious. They are
potential subjects of acute pOi,soninn. caused by alcohol alone,
its substitutes, acciderital ,and suicidal poisonings due to
various poisons.
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Both the health centres dealing'with the treatment of'·t~e
subjects ·w~,'t.h',acute ethyl alcohol poisoning and statistical
chemical poisoning ill Poland, including' alcohol poisoning,
a['e p['esented. A'rise in the morbidi t,y' rate due to acu te
ethyl alcohol pOisoning 'iri the group over the a~e of 14 in
Krakdw was eVident: 4,18/10000 inhibitants in 1972 to 5,71/
10 000_ in 1977. And determined mo['tality rate was approximatel~ 0,66 - 0,88/10 000 inhibitants.
This.pape[' ptesen.ts the clinical m8nifestatio'ns of acute
ethyl alcohol. poisoning as well as tox-icological chara'cteristics of eth~nolt its interaction with the drug~ and other
poispns. Ir the same way methyl 'alcohol and ethyl glycol
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poisonings are repo~ted, with a special stcess which is put ,on
their" dl f!ere"ntiating symtomatic charac ter istics.
The main aim of the,-presentation of these clinical aspects
of acute alconal· poiso'nings is to .show hOI., serious the problem of acute ~lcohol poisoning in Poland .is. Thus, it
requires better organiSation, diagnostics maneq~rn8nt arid economy. The. most important j hdwever, is to chang~ n widely spread
opinion th~t "toxicity of'ethyl alcohol is slinht.
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