Citation

Odell MS, Young GR. J. Forensic Leg. Med. 2016; 44: 27-28.

Affiliation

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jflm.2016.08.007

PMID

27591339

Abstract

Of all the drugs of forensic interest, none are more common or pervasive than alcohol. A thorough understanding of all aspects of alcohol pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics is essential for any clinical forensic practitioner. In rare cases interpretation of blood alcohol results may require questions to be asked about laboratory analysis. We present a case where an apparently positive blood alcohol result could have resulted in an unnecessary avenue of coronial investigation of a child death.

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