Routine screening and related interventions significantly improve the effectiveness of emergency department detection and management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome.
Julia M LappinMuhammad H AyubDavid RogersMadeleine MorganJean-Yves KanyamibwaAnthony ShakeshaftPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2018)
Detection and appropriate management of AWS and documentation of alcohol use can be improved significantly through adoption of a brief screening and triage tool, and related interventions to increase awareness of alcohol-related problems.