The Medical journal of Australia
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To determine the clinical features, response to treatment and outcome of petrol sniffers presenting to Perth's teaching hospitals. ⋯ Petrol sniffing is an important cause of sickness and death in young people from some rural Aboriginal communities. It can cause sudden death or irreversible encephalopathy. Those severely affected have a poor prognosis, despite treatment. Effective strategies for prevention are needed.
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To examine the upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings in Australian Aborigines in central Australia; to determine if peptic ulceration occurs in this group; and to discover whether this population shares Helicobacter pylori as a risk factor for peptic ulceration. ⋯ This, the first study of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in Aborigines, shows its usefulness in the investigation of their gastrointestinal complaints. Oesophageal varices were found to be an important cause of bleeding. Peptic ulceration associated with H. pylori was found to be common.