Biomedical Engineering: Bridging Medicine and Technology 1st Edition by Veronique Tran,Mark Saltzman

Exercise 13

In Section 9.2, the text discusses the zero-order kinetics of alcohol disap-
pearance from the blood.
a. Using the approach outlined in section 7.2.2 (Tracer balance in the body),
find an equation describing the concentration of alcohol in the plasma
versus time, given that the initial concentration in the plasma (at time = 0)
is 10 mM.
b. Graph the results of (a).
c. Over what time interval is the expression that you derived in (a) valid?
Why is it not valid for all time?