title: [Profile of chemical analyses of psychoactive substances in the Laboratory of the Department of Clinical Toxicology in the years 1990-1999].
abstract: The chemical-toxicological Laboratory of the Department of Clinical Toxicology carry on the analyses of xenobiotics in biological fluid collected from poisoned patient leaving in Krakow and south-eastern Poland. The evaluation of frequency of performed analyses in the years 1990-1999 shown that among psychoactive substances, ethanol is the most common reason of acute poisoning, followed by psychotropic drugs and drugs of abuse. The level of ethyl alcohol above 2 g/L was observed in more than 40% of patients. In evaluated period the number of barbiturates analyses dropped, benzodiazepines stayed on the same level. During this time evident increase of illicit drugs (amphetamines, opiates and THC) analyses was observed.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Toksykologii KMPiChS, Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sołtycka
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Piekoszewski
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000737:chemistry*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014116:Toxicology; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D015262:Xenobiotics; D000431:Ethanol
vernacular_title: Profil analiz substancji psychoaktywnych wykonanych w latach 1990-1999 w Laboratorium Toksykologicznym Kliniki Toksykologii.