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Prevention of alcohol withdrawal syndrome in the surgical ICU: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee Clinical Consensus Document

  • Anupamaa Seshadri
  • , Rachel Appelbaum
  • , Samuel P. Carmichael
  • , Michael Steven Farrell
  • , Dina M. Filiberto
  • , Randeep Jawa
  • , Lisa Kodadek
  • , Samuel Mandell
  • , M. Victoria P. Miles
  • , Jasmeet Paul
  • , Bryce Robinson
  • , Christopher P. Michetti
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Wake Forest University
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  • Yale University
  • Yale New Haven Health System
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga Pediatric Residency Program
  • University of New Mexico
  • University of Washington
  • INOVA Fairfax Hospital

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Abstract

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is a common and challenging clinical entity present in trauma and surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The screening tools, assessment strategies, and pharmacological methods for preventing alcohol withdrawal have significantly changed during the past 20 years. This Clinical Consensus Document created by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee reviews the best practices for screening, monitoring, and prophylactic treatment of alcohol withdrawal in the surgical ICU.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere001010
JournalTrauma Surgery and Acute Care Open
Volume7
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 21 2022

Keywords

  • alcohol
  • critical care
  • practice guideline
  • surgical

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