Using a symptom-triggered approach to manage patients in acute alcohol withdrawal.
Nurses working in the medical-surgical setting routinely care for patients experiencing acute alcohol withdrawal. Symptom-triggered therapy using the revised Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment (CIWA-Ar) (Sullivan, Sykora, Schneiderman, Naranjo, & Sellers, 1989) is currently recommended. Scoring patient symptoms using the CIWA-Ar and educating staff nurses are keys to providing consistent management of a patient in acute alcohol withdrawal.
McKay
Ann
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Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, MN, USA.
Koranda
Ann
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Axen
Dianne
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D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000209:etiology; D020751:Alcohol-Induced Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
D000431:Ethanol