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Short Alcohol Withdrawal Scale
Aka: Short Alcohol Withdrawal Scale, SAWS
- See Also
- Alcohol Abuse
- Outpatient Alcohol Withdrawal Protocol
- Indications
- Alcohol Withdrawal symptom monitoring (self rating scale)
- See Outpatient Alcohol Withdrawal Protocol
- Criteria
- Anxious
- Feeling confused
- Restless
- Miserable
- Memory problems
- Tremors or shakes
- Nausea
- Heart pounding
- Sleep disturbance such as Insomnia
- Sweating
- Technique
- Patient self-scores the 10 symptom criteria above
- Assign each of the criteria with a score of 0-3
- Score 0: None
- Score 1: Mild
- Score 2: Moderate
- Score 3: Severe
- Interpretation
- Score <12: Mild Alcohol Withdrawal
- Score 12 or more: Moderate to severe Alcohol Withdrawal
- References
- Elholm (2010) Alcohol Alcohol 45(4): 362 [PubMed]