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Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.114, No.3, p.136-139, 2013 |
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Title: Clinical signs of alcohol intoxication and importance of blood alcohol concentration testing in alcohol dependence | ||
Author: L. Okruhlica, S. Slezakova | ||
Abstract: 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. The average age was 43.1 (SD ± 11.8) years, 74 % males. Alcohol dependence and diagnosis of AI was done by a psychiatrist during a standard examination. This was followed by a laboratory testing for the presence of alcohol in the exhaled air calculated into BAC. The clinical and laboratory findings were compared in a descriptive and statistical way under codes Y 91 and Y 90 in accordance with the ICD-10/WHO diagnostic criteria. Alcohol was found in blood in 383 (30 %) patients, of whom 165 (43 %) did not show the clinical signs of AI. 21 % had no clinical signs of AI at BAC ≥ 2 ‰.
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Keywords: alcohol intoxication, alcohol dependence, tolerance, laboratory diagnostic, signs. | ||
Year: 2013, Volume: 114, Issue: 3 | Page From: 136, Page To: 139 | |
doi:10.4149/BLL_2013_030 |
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