The Assessment and Management Practices of Acute Alcohol Withdrawal: Results of a Nationwide Survey of Critical Care Pharmacists.

ABSTRACT: Background: Alcohol withdrawal occurs commonly but diagnosis and therapies have not been described. Objective: To characterize practices regarding the assessment and treatment of acute severe alcohol withdrawal and describe perceived barriers to therapies. Methods: A random sample of 500 US-based critical care pharmacists received the pretested, electronically distributed questionnaire. Results: 94 (20%) of 471 eligible recipients responded with diverse representation. Manifestations of alcohol withdrawal that were commonly rated as severe were seizures (91.3%), not oriented to person/place/date (84.1%), delusions (73.8%), diastolic blood pressure >110 mmHg (51.7%), inconsolable agitation (50.7%), and tachycardia (50.7%). Scoring tools were considered highly eff

SUBMITTER: Dyal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6333955 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature