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How do you incorporate routine alcohol biomarkers (e.g., PEth) into hepatology care to support AUD recognition and ongoing monitoring without increasing shame-driven concealment, particularly in liver transplant candidates?

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Hepatology · University of Wisconsin
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I try to incorporate the test into my general assessment of alcohol use. I ask the AUDIT-C questions. I tell the patient that I have included this test in their panel of tests. However, I often have a patient when I did not see them prior to getting a PEth. Here the key is to treat the result as a r...

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