Lucey Michael R
Department of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, H5/615 Clinical Sciences Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53711, USA.
Clin Liver Dis. 2007 May;11(2):283-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2007.04.014.
Alcoholism is a disease of remission and relapse. A lapse in abstinence tends to be viewed as a failure to commit to abstinence, and an acknowledged relapse may lead to the patient's removal from the liver transplant list; however, such a relapse may actually offer insight into alcoholism. Liver transplant physicians should consider recognizing lapses in abstinence as slips that indicate a need for treatment of alcoholism. Further research should address which alcoholic liver patients suffer relapses and how alcohol relapse affects the ability to maintain abstinence before or after transplantation.
酒精中毒是一种有缓解期和复发期的疾病。戒酒过程中的一次失误往往被视为未能坚持戒酒，而一旦确认复发，患者可能会被从肝移植名单中除名；然而，这种复发实际上可能为了解酒精中毒提供线索。肝移植医生应考虑将戒酒失误视为表明需要治疗酒精中毒的小差错。进一步的研究应探讨哪些酒精性肝病患者会复发，以及酒精复发如何影响移植前后保持戒酒的能力。
