TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1981//
TI  - Methods of assessing the effect of microbes in blood and urine on ethanol levels
JO  - Proceedings International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety Conference
A1  - Corry, J.e.l.
SP  - 600
EP  - 613
VL  - 1981
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N2  - A method and its practical application to obtain breath samples of deep lung air from unconscious subjects is described. A face mask attached to a valve chamber and collection bag was designed to meet the requirements arising from the physiological exchange processes in rebreathed air. Practical tests in the laboratory revealed excellent agreement between the values obtained by direct measurements of the breath alcohol by means of the Adrian-IR-spectrophotometer and those from stored samples. The application of the method described is of particular importance to unconscious patients suspected of heavy alcohol intoxication. It has been proven to be an essential aid to the diagnosis since it allows instantaneous determination of the BAC-level and the initiation of countermeasures if required. This is demonstrated by examples taken at the alcohol emergency clinic in Mainz on the carneval "rosenmontag". (TRRL)<p /> 
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UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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