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Using a symptom-triggered approach to manage patients in acute alcohol withdrawal
Ann McKay1, Ann Koranda, Dianne Axen
1Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, MN, USA.
Medsurg Nursing : Official Journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
|March 20, 2004
Abstract:
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.