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

摘要

Aims: The prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) among hospitalized medically ill patients exceeds 40. Most AUD patients experience uncomplicated alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), requiring only supportive medical intervention, while complicated AWS occurs in up to 20 of cases (i.e. seizures, delirium tremens). We aimed to prospectively test and validate the Prediction of Alcohol-Withdrawal Severity Scale (PAWSS), a new tool to identify patients at risk for developing complicated AWS, in medically ill hospitalized patients.