Biomedical subjects

I Pietrzykowska

Publications and source records attributed to I Pietrzykowska.

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[Subacute hypoglycemic encephalopathy: a case report].

A 63-year-old woman with long lasting diabetes, irregularly nourished and treated with oral antidiabetic drugs, developed hyperkinetic movements in the upper and lower extremities and facial muscles, as well as some disturbances of consciousness. The EEG showed generalized slowing of bioelectrical activity, serum glucose level was 69 mg%. Nevertheless after the antidiabetic drugs were withdrawn and the meals regulated, a normalization of the clinical picture and the EEG was observed. Therefore it seems that the patient was very sensitive to even minor hypoglycemia and the diagnosis of subacute hypoglycemic encephalopathy was made.

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[Cigarette smoking and alcohol abuse effects on stroke development].

Cigarette smoking, alcohol abuse and stroke--the material consisted of 272 patients (169 men and 103) women aged between 25-65 years. There were 221 patients with ischemic stroke and 51 patients with haemorrhagic stroke. The control group consisted of 400 healthy subject of the same age and sex. In the stroke group excessive consumption of alcohol was reported by 61 patients (5 women and 56 men). Excessive smoking was reported by 130 patients (41 women and 89 men). It was found in both types of stroke alcohol was not an independent risk factor. In addition, the study revealed that alcohol and cigarette smoking did not increase the risk of developing stroke in patients with diabetes and hypertension. Excessive cigarette smoking was found however, to be an independent risk factor in haemorrhagic stroke.

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[Vascular ischemic dementia].

Observations are reported of the course and other interrelations between clinical pattern and computer tomography results in 36 patients with vascular ischaemic dementia. Attention is called to the frequency of transient dementia-like disturbances following stroke and to the importance of the middle gyrus of the left frontal lobe in the development of dementia manifestations. In cases with slow progression of dementia symptoms and only scant neurological signs not infrequently long-standing improvement or even complete remission of dementia symptoms occur which sets them apart from mixed forms of dementia. The problem of the occurrence of isolated dementia syndromes of sudden onset is discussed and for them the term "stroke with dementia" is proposed.

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