title: [Urinary alcohol content/blood alcohol content quotient with reference to bladder filling].
abstract: The blood alcohol concentration, the urinary alcohol content and the urinary volume were determined in 245 autopsy cases. Irrespective of the bladder filling, a large variation of the UAC/BAC ratios could be detected in BAC values of up to about 1 g/kg. The ratios were very much more stable at higher blood alcohol concentrations, but showed a certain dependence on the degree of bladder filling. With the increase of urinary volumes, the mean ratio rose. Provided that blood alcohol concentrations were in excess of 1 g/kg, the UAC/BAC ratio was 1.3 at a volume of less than 5 ml, about 1.4 at up to 100 ml, between 1.4 and 1.5 up to 200 ml and about 1.5 with a volume in excess of 200 ml. The differences can be explained by the real-life conditions with regard to drinking behavior and micturition. Accordingly, the urinary volume is also to be taken into consideration for practical purposes.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin, Universität Tübingen.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Mittmeyer
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Blattert
mesh_terms: D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000652:urine*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol
vernacular_title: UAK-/BAK-Quotient unter Berücksichtigung der Harnblasenfüllung.