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Thomas P Beresford1,2, Patrick J Ronan3,4, Julie Taub5,2
1Laboratory for Clinical and Translational Research in Psychiatry, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Aim:
Proving the Severity of Ethanol Withdrawal Scale (SEWS) significantly reduces Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS) treatment Time on Medication Protocol (TOMP).
Method:
Head-to-head Quality Assurance outcome compared separate cohorts of SEWS or Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment Alcohol Scale, Revised (CIWA-Ar) data using Student's t and Wilcoxon tests.
Results:
SEWS-driven treatment (n = 244) reduced TOMP to 2.2 days versus 3.4 days for CIWA-Ar (n = 137); P < 0.0001.
Conclusion:
The SEWS is the superior measure of AWS symptoms.
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