[Ethyl alcohol levels in the expiratory air vs blood alcohol levels. 204 cases in an emergency unit].

Objectives: Twenty to forty percent of all patients admitted to the emergency ward are positive for blood alcohol. Devices which measure alcohol in expired breath have been increasingly used in these units. This study was conducted to compare the results of breath alcohol analyzers with the classical laboratory methods based on enzyme assay and gas phase chromatography.

[Blind ureter associated with a dysplastic kidney and ureterocele. Apropos of a case and review of the literature].

The association of a blind ureter with dysplastic kidney and ureterocele is known in children but are in adults. This paper presents one case, and provides simple diagnostic clues which help to recognize the malformation.