Abstract An estimated 20–25% of patients treated in emergency departments or as
inpatients for trauma have been drinking and most of them have BACs of 0.10 gm/dL (22 …

Alcohol is a commonly used psychoactive agent, with up to 40% of people reporting heavy
alcohol use or alcohol use disorder during their lifetime. 1, 2, 3 Alcohol use disorder is …

Abstract Background The Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol-Revised
(CIWA-Ar) is commonly used in hospitals to titrate medications for alcohol withdrawal …

Alcohol abuse and dependence, referred to as alcohol-use disorders (AUDs), affect 76.3
million people worldwide and account for 1.8 million deaths per year. AUDs affect 18.3 …

Background: The Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Revised (CIWA-Ar) is a
commonly used scale for assessing the severity of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in the acute …

Objective A chronic alcoholic group following trauma was investigated to determine whether
their ICU stay was longer than that of a non-alcoholic group and whether their intercurrent …

Background Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) in surgical trauma patients is associated
with significant morbidity and mortality. Benzodiazepines, commonly used for withdrawal …

Research and clinical experience have shown that alcohol use disorders are neither
sufficiently identified nor addressed in hospitalized patients. This study sought to quantify …

P roper management of alcohol withdrawal represents a therapeutic challenge in the
critically ill patient. The severity ofthe withdrawal syndrome varies with both the intensity and …

Background Studies of alcohol withdrawal syndrome indicate a higher prevalence in men
than in women. However, it is unknown how the condition differs between the sexes …