scholarly journals The Blood Alcohol Concentration Testing Emergency Room Investigation Analysis Study: A 1-Year Review of Blood Alcohol Concentration Testing in an Emergency Department

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman Elgammal ◽  
Doireann Eves ◽  
Abbas Albaghli ◽  
Daniel Kane ◽  
Robert Durcan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Blood Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Blood Alcohol ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Multifactorial Analysis ◽  
Analysis Study ◽  
Clinical Scenarios ◽  
Actual Use

Aim. To describe the actual use of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) testing in an emergency department. Method. This study was performed to examine in what circumstances emergency medicine doctors and nurses request blood alcohol concentrations and the outcome of patients so tested. A retrospective study was performed. A database of all the patients who presented to the emergency department and who were tested for BAC in 2012 was created. Descriptive statistics are used to present the findings. Results. During 2012, there were 1191 patients on whom BAC testing was performed. 37 patients had a BAC greater than the allegedly lethal concentration of 400 mg/100 mL. Using a multifactorial analysis model, a higher blood alcohol concentration was associated with a lower Glasgow Coma Score. Conclusion. BAC testing is most often performed in the context of alleged overdose. BAC was performed in other clinical scenarios albeit in less than 2% of all ED attendances.

Relationship Between Blood Alcohol Concentration and Observable Symptoms of Intoxication in Patients Presenting to an Emergency Department

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalen N. Olson ◽  
Stephen W. Smith ◽  
Julie S. Kloss ◽  
Jeffrey D. Ho ◽  
Fred S. Apple
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Blood Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Blood Alcohol

Blood Alcohol Concentration and Management of Road Trauma Patients in the Emergency Department

2001 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 521-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Fabbri ◽  
Giulio Marchesini ◽  
Antonio Maria Morselli-Labate ◽  
Fiorenzo Rossi ◽  
Andrea Cicognani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Blood Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Trauma Patients ◽  
Blood Alcohol

scholarly journals Relationship Between Blood Alcohol Concentration and Hepatic Enzymes in an Emergency Department

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Ying Wu ◽  
Hsing-Lin Lin ◽  
Chao-Wen Chen ◽  
Jiun-Nong Lin ◽  
Liang-Chi Kuo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Blood Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Blood Alcohol ◽  
Hepatic Enzymes

The Importance of Alcohol Testing by Gas Chromatography vs the Cordebard Classical Method Modified in the Medico Legal Investigation

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
pp. 2407-2410
Author(s):  
Dan Perju Dumbrava ◽  
Carmen Corina Radu ◽  
Sofia David ◽  
Tatiana Iov ◽  
Catalin Jan Iov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Chromatographic Method ◽  
Classical Method ◽  
Blood Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Blood Alcohol ◽  
Technical Details ◽  
Gas Chromatographic Method ◽  
Alcohol Testing ◽  
Living Person

Considering the growing number of requests from the criminal investigations authorities addressed to the institutions of legal medicine, testing of blood alcohol concentration both in the living person and in the corpse, we believe that a presentation of the two methods which are used in our country, is a topic of interest at present. The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with the technical details on how blodd alcohol concentration is realised by means of the gas chromatographic method and the classical one, (Cordebard modified by D. Banciu and I. Droc) respectively. Another purpose of this article is to also show, in a comparative way, the elements that make the gas chromatographic method superior to the former one.

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