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[Measuring breath alcohol concentration during artificial ventilation. Model studies of the effect of temperature and
1Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Medizinische Universitätsklinik Lübeck. gehring@medinf.mu-luebeck.de
Biomedizinische Technik. Biomedical Engineering
|April 29, 1998
Abstract:
The present paper examined the question as to the extent to which the taking of gas samples for the purpose of measuring the breath alcohol concentration (BAC) in the expired air of patients on artificial respiration is influenced by temperature and humidity. For this purpose a lung model standardized at different alcohol concentrations was used, in which the temperature (T: 25, 30 and 35 degrees C) and the relative humidity (RH: 50, 75 and 95%) were varied.