[Benzodiazepine poisonings among elderly patients of Acute Poisoning Department of the Marciniak Memorial Hospital in Wroclaw in the years 2000-2001].

Acute benzodiazepines poisonings in the group of 27 elderly patients is discussed. Majority of patients suffer from depression and cognitive impairment. Compared this special group of patients with younger the prognosis is worse what is expressed in greater number of deaths.