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Assessment of Alcohol Withdrawal: the revised clinical institute withdrawal assessment for alcohol scale (CIWA‐Ar)
Author(s) -
SULLIVAN JOHN T.,
SYKORA KATHY,
SCHNEIDERMAN JOYCE,
NARANJO CLAUDIO A.,
SELLERS EDWARD M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb00737.x
Subject(s) - alcohol withdrawal syndrome , alcohol , clinical trial , reliability (semiconductor) , withdrawal syndrome , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , anesthesia , biochemistry , chemistry , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary A shortened 10‐item scale for clinical quantitation of the severity of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome has been developed. This scale offers an increase in efficiency while at the same time retaining clinical usefulness, validity and reliability. It can be incorporated into the usual clinical care of patients undergoing alcohol withdrawal and into clinical drug trials of alcohol withdrawal.