[Diagnostic importance of analyzing the expired air in alcoholism]

The new highly effective method of alcoholism diagnosis was proposed. It included gas-chromatography analysis of breathed out air. The alcoholism was diagnosed if ethane and paraldehyde in this air to be less than 0.47 nM 0.20 nM respectively, pentane level was more that 0.47 nM while ethanol content was found in the range of 0.73-1.96 nM. If ethane concentration proved to be higher that 0.47 nM alcoholism diagnosis was established when ethylene level was found between 0.01-0.19 nM. The assay's diagnostic importance was confirmed by observation of 44 alcoholic patients as well as 26 healthy male individuals which did not consume alcohol.