title: [Acute alcoholic intoxication and accidents].
abstract: Many studies have shown the role of alcohol intake, even in low quantities, as a risk factor in accidents, mainly road accidents, but also in accidents occurring in the home and at the workplace. For a blood alcohol level of 0.5 g per litre, the risk of accident is already two-fold. Accidents occur more often to persons who drink occasionally than to those who are alcohol-dependent. For a subject of average body weight, it is accepted that one glass of an alcohol-containing drink can raise the blood alcohol level by approximately 0.2 g per litre. One to two hours is required to eliminate this quantity of alcohol.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Fernand-Widal, service de médecine-toxicologie, Paris.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dally
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000097:blood; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol
vernacular_title: Alcoolisation aiguë et accidents.