Unusually high levels of blood alcohol?
A consecutive three-month study of alcohol-intoxicated patients admitted to the casualty ward showed 24 patients with an initial serum alcohol concentration above 110 millimols/liter. Eight patitents were excluded because of insufficient data. Eight of the remaining 16 patients showed surprisingly slight depression of the central nervous system (CNS).
D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000097:blood*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
D000431:Ethanol