Emergency Department Management of Patients With Alcohol Intoxication, Alcohol Withdrawal, and Alcohol Use Disorder: A White Paper Prepared for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Reuben J. Strayer, Benjamin W. Friedman, Rachel Haroz, Eric Ketcham, Lauren R. Klein, Alexis M. LaPietra, Sergey Motov, Zachary Repanshek, Scott D. Taylor, Scott G. Weiner, Lewis S. Nelson
Abstract
AWS severity score LARS Luebeck Alcohol Withdrawal Risk Scale Predicts patients who will develop severe AWS PAWSS Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale Predicts patients who will develop severe AWS RASS Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale Level of arousal (sedation to agitation) score SAWS Short Alcohol Withdrawal Scale AWS severity score SEWS Severity of Ethanol Withdrawal Scale AWS severity score AUD = alcohol use disorder; AWS = alcohol
Topics & Concepts
AlcoholAlcohol intoxicationEmergency departmentMedicineAlcohol abuseOccupational safety and healthInjury preventionPoison controlPsychiatrySuicide preventionMedical emergencyEmergency medicinePathologyChemistryBiochemistryAlcoholism and Thiamine DeficiencyPoisoning and overdose treatmentsOpioid Use Disorder Treatment