The study showed no significant differences between groups in clinician ratings of alcohol withdrawal symptoms on the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale.

Sep 9, 2025 · The CIWA-AR is the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol Withdrawal, a provider assessment made in a clinical setting; it is a 10-item assessment used to evaluate the …

Objective: To evaluate literature reporting on the role of norepinephrine in alcohol withdrawal and to determine the safety and efficacy of α 2-agonists in reducing symptoms of this severe ...

Apr 11, 2012 · The CIWA-Alcohol scale is the most widely used scale. It and the CIWA have limited value in this patient population because they were designed and validated in detox centers on …

Mar 27, 2019 · Patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome can be treated safely on an outpatient basis, new research shows, decreasing hospital admissions and shortening hospital stays.

The patient began to require oral lorazepam according to a Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol scale (CIWA-Ar) protocol for presumed ethanol withdrawal. [23]

There are 4 case reports suggesting clinical efficacy with dexmedetomidine in patients admitted for acute alcohol withdrawal uncontrolled by benzodiazepines. These case reports demonstrate control ...

Jun 19, 2025 · The guideline is particularly important for primary care physicians, the biggest prescribers of benzodiazepines.

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May 13, 2002 · Assistant Professor of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Baltimore, Md. Alcohol-induced seizures are withdrawal phenomena and do not respond to chronic …