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Determination of Serum Alcohol: Blood Alcohol Ratios

E. Hak, B.J. Gerlitz, P.M. Demont, W.D. Bowthorpe

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One hundred and thirty-four healthy men and women who had consumed alcoholic beverages provided two near-simultaneous venous blood samples. One of the samples was centrifuged to produce a serum portion and the other was analyzed as whole blood. The alcohol concentrations were determined using gas chromatographic methods. The mean blood alcohol concentration was 105.2 mg % (range 21.8 −154.8) and the mean serum alcohol concentration was 120.8 mg% (range 25.0 −183.1). The mean serum:blood alcohol ratio was 1.15 (range 1.10–1.25, S.D. 0.02).

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Key concepts: Alcohol, Blood alcohol, Venous blood, Chromatography, Ethanol, Medicine, Serum concentration, Chemistry