title: [Diagnosis of "fatal ethanol poisoning in the absorption phase"].
abstract: In cases of disputed fatal alcohol intoxication during the absorption (pre-peak) period it is strongly recommended to examine the blood ethanol level not only in blood taken from a peripheral vessel but also simultaneously in blood from at least one central. In the case reported, without such a duplex determination of the blood ethanol concentration it would have been impossible to establish the actual cause of death.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin, Medizinischen Akademie, Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dressler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hauck
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lehmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D000431:Ethanol / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol
vernacular_title: Zur Diagnose "Tödliche Ethanolvergiftung in der Resorptionsphase".