Transcription of Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale ...
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Many quantification instruments have been developed formonitoring Alcohol Withdrawal (Guthrie, 1989; Sullivan etal, 1989; Sellers and Naranjo, 1983). No single instrumentis significantly superior to the others. What is clear is that there aresignificant Clinical advantages to quantifying the Alcohol withdrawalsyndrome. Quantification is key to preventing excess morbidity andmortality in a group of patients who are at risk for Alcohol instruments help Clinical personnel recognize the process ofwithdrawal before it progresses to more advanced stages, such asdelirium tremens.
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