title: Lack of evidence for sustained blood acetaldehyde concentrations during alcohol detoxification.
abstract: Contrary to a published report, blood acetaldehyde concentrations become undetectable in patients 1--2 days following admission for alcohol detoxification. The persistently elevated blood acetaldehydes reported by others probably were due to artifactual formation during analysis. Nevertheless, our admission blood acetaldehyde concentrations are significant enough to support the contention that acetaldehyde has a cytotoxic role in alcoholic disease.
mesh_terms: D000079:Acetaldehyde / Q000097:blood*; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000097:blood*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D000079:Acetaldehyde