39531-9

Acetaldehyde [Presence] in Blood

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LP15311-1   Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde, sometimes known as ethanal, is an organic chemical compound with the formula C H 3 CHO or MeCHO. It is is a flammable liquid with a fruity smell. Acetaldehyde occurs naturally in ripe fruit, coffee, and fresh bread and is produced by plants as part of their normal metabolism. It is probably best known as the chemical that causes hangovers. In the chemical industry, acetaldehyde is used as an intermediate in the production of acetic acid, certain esters, and a number of other chemicals. In 1989, US production stood at 740 million pounds (336,000 t). Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Acetaldehyde (Wikipedia)

LP15311-1   Acetaldehyde
A colorless, flammable liquid used in the manufacture of acetic acid, perfumes, and flavors. It is also an intermediate in the metabolism of alcohol. It has a general narcotic action and also causes irritation of mucous membranes. Large doses may cause death from respiratory paralysis. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

LP15311-1   Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde is a paraldehyde metabolite. Paraldehyde is a Schedule IV depressant used most frequently in a hospital setting to treat delirium tremers associated with alcohol withdrawl. Paraldehyde is sometimes used to treat certain convulsive disorders, including status epilepticus. Paraldehyde causes the patient's breath to have a strong, characteristic unpleasant odor, which lasts about one day after stopping use of the medicine. Information from www.drugs.com, accessed 2007 11 26. Source: Regenstrief Institute

Fully-Specified Name

Component

Acetaldehyde

Property

PrThr

Time

Pt

System

Bld

Scale

Ord

Method

Additional Names

Short Name

Acetaldehyde Bld Ql

Display Name

Acetaldehyde Ql (Bld)

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Acetaldehyde, Blood

Basic Attributes

Class

DRUG/TOX

Type

Laboratory

First Released

Version 2.15

Last Updated

Version 2.56

Change Reason

The Property has been changed from ACnc to reflect the new model for ordinal terms where results are based on a cut-off value.; The PrThr property is used for LOINC terms whose results are reported using an ordered categorical scale, regardless of whether or not an internal threshold was used to make that determination. This change was approved by the Laboratory LOINC Committee in June 2016.

Order vs. Observation

Both

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Related Names

• Addiction
• Blood
• DRUG/TOXICOLOGY
• Drugs
• Drugs of abuse
• Ethanal
• Illicit
• Ordinal
• Paraldehyde metabolite
• Point in time
• PotentialForAbuse
• PR
• QL
• Qual
• Qualitative
• Random
• Screen
• WB
• Whole blood

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