Working Toward a Gold Standard: The Severity of Ethanol Withdrawal Scale (SEWS) Versus the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment Alcohol Scale (CIWA-Ar)

Working Toward a Gold Standard: The Severity of Ethanol Withdrawal Scale (SEWS) Versus the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment Alcohol Scale (CIWA-Ar)

Abstract Aim Proving the Severity of Ethanol Withdrawal Scale (SEWS) significantly reduces Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS) treatment Time on Medication Protocol (TOMP). Method Head-to-head Quality Assurance outcome compared separate cohorts of SEWS or Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment Alcoh...

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Veröffentlicht in:Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford) 2023-05, Vol.58 (3), p.324-328
Hauptverfasser: Beresford, Thomas P, Ronan, Patrick J, Taub, Julie, Learned, Brenda, Mi, Zhibao, Anderson, Mel
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Alcoholism - diagnosis
Ethanol - adverse effects
Humans
Rapid Communication
Severity of Illness Index
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - diagnosis
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - drug therapy
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Aim Proving the Severity of Ethanol Withdrawal Scale (SEWS) significantly reduces Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS) treatment Time on Medication Protocol (TOMP). Method Head-to-head Quality Assurance outcome compared separate cohorts of SEWS or Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment Alcohol Scale, Revised (CIWA-Ar) data using Student’s t and Wilcoxon tests. Results SEWS-driven treatment (n = 244) reduced TOMP to 2.2 days versus 3.4 days for CIWA-Ar (n = 137); P 
ISSN:0735-0414
1464-3502
DOI:10.1093/alcalc/agad016