Abstract | STUDY OBJECTIVE: METHODS: RESULTS: Of the study subjects, 158 (38%) were positive for benzoylecgonine. Of the 114 of these subjects who had adequate plasma specimens, 68 (60%) tested positive for cocaethylene (mean, 41 +/- 27 ng/mL; range, 3 to 213 ng/mL), all tested positive for cocaine (mean, 92.9 +/- 52 ng/mL), and 56% were positive for ethanol (mean, 175 +/- 85 mg/mL). We found poor correlation between admission levels of cocaethylene and cocaine (R=.02), even when subjects were stratified by ethanol level. The correlation between cocaethylene and ethanol levels was weak (R=.24). Of the 68 patients who tested positive for cocaethylene, 29% tested negative for ethanol. Plasma was also assayed from 94 subjects who tested negative for benzoylecgonine; 9% had detectable levels of cocaine, and 2% had detectable levels of cocaethylene. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | D Brookoff, M F Rotondo, L M Shaw, E A Campbell, L Fields |
Journal | Annals of emergency medicine
(Ann Emerg Med)
Vol. 27
Issue 3
Pg. 316-20
(Mar 1996)
ISSN: 0196-0644 [Print] United States |
PMID | 8599490
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
- Ethanol
- cocaethylene
- Cocaine
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cocaine
(analogs & derivatives, blood)
- Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
(blood)
- Emergency Service, Hospital
- Ethanol
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Substance-Related Disorders
(blood)
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