Citation

Brettel HF, Henrich M. Blutalkohol 1979; 16(3): 145-152.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, International Committee on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety and Bund gegen Alkohol und Drogen im Straßenverkehr, Publisher Steintor Verlag)

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Abstract

From 5 alcoholized shock patients blood samples were taken during 9 to 11 hr for measuring the alcohol concentration. During intensive treatment (blood substitute infusions and blood transfusion) 3 important observations were made: During the first hours after the trauma the blood alcohol concentration is not only influenced by shock mechanisms. About 3 hr after the shock the blood alcohol curve tends to decrease gradually. Patients surviving the shock may exhibit long plateau formation when the blood alcohol concentration is lower than 0.02%.