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It retains validity, usefulness and reliability between raters. [3] This revised version is the most commonly used scale in alcohol withdrawal, and was developed at the Addiction Research Foundation (now Centre for Addiction and Mental Health). [4]
Each form of the BRIEF parent- and teacher- rating form contains 86 items in eight non-overlapping clinical scales and two validity scales.These theoretically and statistically derived scales form two indexes: Behavioral Regulation (three scales) and Metacognition (five scales), as well as a Global Executive Composite [6] score that takes into account all of the clinical scales and represents ...
Monitoring of patients’ symptoms and complications from morphine withdrawal should be done 3 to 4 times a day. [12] Monitoring and subsequent management can be determined via the Short Opiate Withdrawal Scale or the Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale. [12] [7]
The underlying mechanism involves a decreased responsiveness of GABA receptors in the brain. [3] The withdrawal process is typically followed using the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol scale (CIWA-Ar). [3] The typical treatment of alcohol withdrawal is with benzodiazepines such as chlordiazepoxide or diazepam. [2]
The Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) is a method used by registered practitioners to measure the severity of a patient's opioid withdrawal symptoms. This method consists of a series of 11 topics each comprising 4–5 common symptoms experienced by a patient undergoing opioid withdrawal. In each topic a rank is given depending on what the ...
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Dosing of the benzodiazepines can be guided by the CIWA scale. [10] The scale is available online. [11] Regarding the choice of benzodiazepine: Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) is the benzodiazepine of choice in uncomplicated alcohol withdrawal due to its long half-life. [12]
The original scale used principal components analysis to group the items, [4] and more recent research has used confirmatory factor analysis to test the structure. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Similar questions are grouped into a number of syndrome scale scores, and their scores are summed to produce a raw score for that syndrome.