[A proposal of the use of selected medical databases and net services as an element of the early epidemiological recognition]. / Propozycja wykorzystania wybranych medycznych baz danych i serwisów sieciowych jako elementu wczesnego rozpoznania epidemiologicznego.

In the paper the actual system of collection and distribution of epidemiological data as well as the threats of national and society security, resulting from delayed reaction to bioterroristic attack are described. Furthermore, the authors' opinion on importance of rapid collection and instant distribution of medical data, potentially useful during the early epidemiological recognition, including the practical use of selected medical databases and net services is presented.

Sexually transmitted diseases among Polish soldiers serving in the U.N. peace missions in Lebanon and Cambodia.

The results are presented of a survey conducted on the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) among Polish military personnel of the United Nations Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in 1993-2000, and Cambodia (UNTAC) in 1992-1993. The analysis was based on the medical documentation of the patients treated in the UNIFIL Hospital in years 1993-2000. The most frequently recorded cases of sexually transmitted diseases in Cambodia were those of gonorrhoea. The results showed that sexually transmitted diseases did not present a serious health problem among soldiers in Lebanon, but were a problem in Cambodia. Specific living conditions and social norms characteristic for these countries were taken into consideration in presenting the results of the survey.

Changes of selected morphotic parameters and blood plasma proteins in blood of divers after a single short-time operational heliox exposure.

In the Polish Navy, deep-water dives, performed for the needs of the maritime industry, are conducted using our own national technology and trimix as a breathing medium. In this paper are presented the results obtained during a short-time deep-water diving test using the principles of US Navy technology, combined with the use of diving equipment type AF-2 and heliox-type breathing mixture in the open circuit. In the performed examinations changes in clinical parameters were assessed viz.: blood morphology, hematocrit level, concentration of C3c, C4, IgG, IgA, IgM, CRP, concentration of fibrinogen and factor XII level, obtained 30 minutes prior to commencement, immediately after completion, and 24 hours after termination of the exposure. The results thus generated were subjected to a preliminary analysis by the description of trends observed. It was revealed that the diving technology employed did not generate substantial changes in the examined parameters of blood in divers, and the increase of neutrophils, blood platelets and fibrinogen concentration in the blood plasma immediately after diving is of temporary character, being a typical reaction observed during diving.