title: [Cerebral bioelectric activity disorders in acute intoxication with hypoglycemic agents].
abstract: The authors present 10 acute suicidal poisonings with hypoglycaemic agents with particular reference to the course of disturbances of brain bioelectric activity. In most patients diffuse changes prevailed during the coma in the form of irregular, usually high-voltage slow activity. Normalization of EEG tracings was very slow, often it took several months, although the duration of hypoglycaemia was usually short (1--5 days). In patients with prolonged toxic coma profound structural lesions of the central nervous system developed with appearance of decortication (apallic syndrome). The authors think that the particular severity of central nervous system lesions in these intoxication and the persistence of changes point to the necessity of seeking more efficient measures of treating neuroglycopenia.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000506:poisoning*; D007331:Insulin Coma / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents
vernacular_title: Zaburzenia czynności bioelektrycznej mózgu w ostrych zatruciach środkami hipoglikemizujacymi.