Open AccessProspective Validation Study of the Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale (PAWSS) in Medically Ill Inpatients: A New Scale for the Prediction of Complicated Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
Author(s) -
José R. Maldonado,
Yelizaveta Sher,
Smita Das,
Kelsey Hills-Evans,
Anna Frenklach,
Sermsak Lolak,
Rachel M. Talley,
Eric Neri
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
alcohol and alcoholism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1464-3502
pISSN - 0735-0414
DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/agv043
Subject(s) - alcohol withdrawal syndrome , delirium tremens , medicine , delirium , prospective cohort study , severity of illness , alcohol use disorder , alcohol use disorders identification test , alcohol , psychiatry , emergency medicine , poison control , injury prevention , surgery , biochemistry , chemistry
The prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) among hospitalized medically ill patients exceeds 40%. Most AUD patients experience uncomplicated alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), requiring only supportive medical intervention, while complicated AWS occurs in up to 20% of cases (i.e. seizures, delirium tremens). We aimed to prospectively test and validate the Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale (PAWSS), a new tool to identify patients at risk for developing complicated AWS, in medically ill hospitalized patients.
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