Worden R E
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1976;273:351-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1976.tb52899.x.
One hundred and ninety-one inpatients undergoing detoxification from alcoholism were studied electrodiagnostically. Of them, 115 (57%) exhibited muscle pathology; only 11 (5%) showed no electrodiagnostic evidence of pathology. A common occurrence in the more severely toxic patients was a phenomenon called "burst suppression," which revealed an inability of the patient to sustain a normal consistent firing of motor units upon muscle contration; the significance of this phenomenon is not thoroughly understood. Electrodiagnosis is a helpful tool in the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and follow-up of patients with alcoholism.
对191名正在接受酒精戒断治疗的住院患者进行了电诊断研究。其中，115名（57%）表现出肌肉病变；只有11名（5%）没有电诊断病理学证据。在中毒较重的患者中常见一种称为“爆发抑制”的现象，这表明患者在肌肉收缩时无法维持运动单位的正常持续放电；这种现象的意义尚未完全明了。电诊断是诊断、预测、治疗和随访酒精中毒患者的有用工具。
