| Literature DB >> 15029927 |
Ann McKay1, Ann Koranda, Dianne Axen.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15029927
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Medsurg Nurs ISSN： 1092-0811