Back calculation of blood alcohol concentration.

Back calculation of blood alcohol concentration.

Does Ingestion of Tincture of Opium Notably Raise Blood Alcohol Concentration?‎

Background: Tincture of opium (TOP) is currently used for maintenance therapy in treatment of opioids addiction. It contains ethanol. The present study was conducted to assess the increase in blood alcohol concentration (BAC) in its users; a process which may interfere with breath-alcohol test performed by law enforcement or traffic police. Methods: A total of 143 individuals were selected rand...

Blood alcohol concentration and psychomotor effects.

This study assessed the effect of intravenous alcohol infusions on psychomotor impairment and compared it with that of alcohol administered orally. Comparisons were made between three European drink-driving limits of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) (20, 50 and 80 mg 100 ml-1) and an oral dose of alcohol 0.75 mg kg-1. Twelve volunteers, aged 22-34 yr, were recruited. At targets of 20, 50 and a...

Medicolegal Alcohol Determination - Blood- or Breath-Alcohol Concentration?

Measuring the concentration of alcohol in body fluids represents a large part of the workload at forensic science and toxicology laboratories. In traffic-law enforcement, breath-alcohol testing is used worldwide for roadside screening and for evidential purposes. Many jurisdictions have adopted per se laws which make it a crime to drive with a blood- or breath-alcohol concentration above a pres...

Clinical signs of alcohol intoxication and importance of blood alcohol concentration testing in alcohol dependence.

OBJECTIVES The goal of the study was to find out if and what is a difference between clinical signs of alcohol intoxication (AI) and a detected blood alcohol concentration (BAC) among the patients with syndrome of alcohol dependence. BACKGROUND The relation between BAC and clinical assessment of AI is a complicated issue. People with dependence form a special group due to their altered tolera...