Addiction Medicine · Internal Medicine · Emergency Medicine · Psychiatry
Brief Alcohol Withdrawal Scale (BAWS) calculator
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Clinical inputs
- Tremor
- Diaphoresis
- Agitation
- Orientation / confusion
- Hallucinations
Primary source
Lindner BK et al. Development and implementation of an alcohol withdrawal protocol using a 5-item scale, the Brief Alcohol Withdrawal Scale (BAWS). J Addict Med. DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000332. PMID: 28699845. Scope: five items (tremor, diaphoresis, agitation, confusion/orientation, hallucinations) each 0–3; total 0–15; BAWS ≥3 corresponded to CIWA-Ar ≥8 in derivation of the symptom-triggered protocol. (2017)
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