Prospective validation study of the prediction of alcohol withdrawal severity scale (PAWSS) in medically ill inpatients: A new scale for the prediction of complicated alcohol withdrawal syndrome

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 509-518

  Maldonado, José R ^a   Sher, Yelizaveta ^a   Das, Smita ^a   Hills Evans, Kelsey ^a   Frenklach, Anna ^a   Lolak, Sermsak ^b   Talley, Rachel ^c   Neri, Eric ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEVERITY SCALE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DSM-IV-TR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL WARD; VALIDATION STUDY; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; COMPLICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84954193280     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agv043     Document Type: Article

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