A falsely elevated blood alcohol concentration (BAC) related to an intravenous administration of phenytoin sodium

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2024 Jun 21;63(1):e29-e31. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2024-0665. Print 2025 Jan 29.

Authors

Laurent Leuger¹, Chadi Abbara¹, Antoine Baudriller^{1

2}, Xavier Dieu³, Marie Briet^{1

2

4}, Guillaume Drevin¹

Affiliations

¹ Service de Pharmacologie-Toxicologie et Pharmacovigilance, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, Angers, France.
² Université d'Angers, Angers, France.
³ Service de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, 26966 Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire , Angers, France.
⁴ Laboratoire MitoVasc, UMR CNRS 6214 INSERM 1083, Angers, France.

PMID: 38905355
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2024-0665

No abstract available

Keywords: BAC; alcohol; contamination; phenytoin; pre-analytical phase.

Publication types

Letter