The Withdrawal Assessment Tool-1 (WAT-1): An assessment instrument for monitoring opioid and benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms in pediatric patients

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 573-580

  Franck, Linda S ^a   Harris, Sion Kim ^b,c,d   Soetenga, Deborah J ^e   Amling, June K ^f   Curley, Martha A Q ^b,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; KETAMINE; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NURSE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEATING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREMOR; VOMITING; WITHDRAWAL ASSESSMENT TOOL 1; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YAWNING; CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 60549085759     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31818c8328     Document Type: Article

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