Open AccessPrevalence and Variation of Clinically Recognized Inpatient Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in the Veterans Health Administration
Author(s) -
Tessa L. Steel,
Carol A. Malte,
Katharine A. Bradley,
Sharukh Lokhandwala,
Catherine L. Hough,
Eric J. Hawkins
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of addiction medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1935-3227
pISSN - 1932-0620
DOI - 10.1097/adm.0000000000000576
Subject(s) - medicine , specialty , confidence interval , diagnosis code , emergency medicine , medical diagnosis , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , psychiatry , population , environmental health , pathology
No prior study has evaluated the prevalence or variability of alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) in general hospitals in the United States.