Detoxification from alcohol: a comparison of home detoxification and hospital-based day patient care.

An uncontrolled study was carried out to examine two types of ambulatory care for patients undergoing detoxification from alcohol. The safety, efficacy, and acceptability of home detoxification was compared to detoxification within a day hospital setting. Seventy-nine per cent of home detoxification patients, many of whom had major alcohol-related problems and were severely dependent on alcohol, were successfully detoxified at 10 days. The day hospital group overlapped in severity with the home group and 78% completed detoxification. At 60 days, 45% of home detoxification patients and 31% of the day hospital group showed significant improvements in a range of alcohol-related difficulties. Improved outcome was associated with attendance for further treatment for both groups. Both home and day hospital detoxifications were viable alternatives to in-patient detoxification for selected groups of patients.

[Trematodes parasitizing the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla L.)]. / Przywry pasozytujace u orla bielika (Haliaeetus albicilla L.).

Five white-tailed eagles were dissected--3 from the Czech Republic and 2 from Poland. 4 specimens were infected with trematodes only: Strigea falconis, Neodiplostomum (Conodiplostomum) perlatum, and Paracoenogonimus ovatus. S. falconis was found for the first time in an eagle from the Czech Republic, whereas N. (C.) perlatum and P. ovatus were detected for the first time in eagle from Poland. Moreover, N. (C.) perlatum is a new species for the Polish parasite fauna.