Citation

Dressler J, Hauck G, Lehmann K. Blutalkohol 1991; 28(5): 302-303.

Vernacular Title

Zur Diagnose "Todliche Ethanolvergiftung in der Resorptionsphase".

Affiliation

Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin, Medizinischen Akademie, Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, International Committee on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety and Bund gegen Alkohol und Drogen im Straßenverkehr, Publisher Steintor Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1953994

Abstract

In cases of disputed fatal alcohol intoxication during the absorption (pre-peak) period it is strongly recommended to examine the blood ethanol level not only in blood taken from a peripheral vessel but also simultaneously in blood from at least one central. In the case reported, without such a duplex determination of the blood ethanol concentration it would have been impossible to establish the actual cause of death.

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