People who suffer acute alcohol withdrawal should be admitted to a hospital if they have a
concurrent medical or surgical complication or severe symptoms. Careful assessment …

The harmful effects of alcohol and its contribution to Emergency Department (ED)
presentations are evident on a daily basis and undoubtedly add a significant burden on the …

ABSTRACT Background: The Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment-Alcohol, Revised
(CIWA-Ar) is an assessment tool used to quantify alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) …

The alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a common management problem in hospital
practice for neurologists, psychiatrists and general physicians alike. Although some patients …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of emergency practitioner–performed brief
intervention for hazardous/harmful drinkers in reducing alcohol consumption and negative …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare phenobarbital (PB) versus lorazepam
(LZ) in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal in the emergency department (ED) and at 48 …

Substance abuse is a major preventable public health problem affecting all racial, cultural,
and socioeconomic groups with the total annual economic costs to the United States …

Objectives: To adapt screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems (SBI) to a high‐
volume emergency department (ED) setting and evaluate its acceptability to patients …

Background: Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a common reason for admission to a
medical intensive care unit (MICU) and requires significant hospital resource utilization …

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the acute
care setting. We describe a 28‐year‐old man who was brought to the emergency …