[Effects of alcohol in the embryo, fetus, and newborn infant (author's transl)].
At delivery the newborn infant of a drunken mother had a bloodalcohol concentration of about 2.0%. The elimination rate was calculated to be 0.08%/h. The infant exhibited obvious features of an embryofetal alcohol syndrome. Several cases from literature are cited with ethanol given for therapeutic purpose in obstetrics and bloodalcohol concentration exceeding to 1%-2%. This means that values up to 2% in newborn infants without any other pathological findings should not solely be accepted as cause of death in forensic cases.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000097:blood*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy
D000431:Ethanol
Bedeutung des Alkohols in der Embryofetalperiode und beim Neugeborenen.