Matthew V Ronan, Kirsha S Gordon, Melissa Skanderson, Michael Krug, Patrick Godwin, Daniel Heppe, Matthew Hoegh, Joel C Boggan, Jeydith Gutierrez, Peter Kaboli, Micah Pescetto, Michelle Guidry, Peter Caldwell, Christine Mitchell, Erik Ehlers, Nazima Allaudeen, Jessica Cyr, Andrea Smeraglio, Peter Yarbrough, Richard Rose, Anand Jagannath, Jaclyn Vargas, Paul B Cornia, Meghna Shah, Matthew Tuck, Cherinne Arundel, James Laudate, Joel Elzweig, Benjamin Rodwin, Joyce Akwe, Meredith Trubitt, Craig G Gunderson
OBJECTIVES: Few studies describe contemporary alcohol withdrawal management in hospitalized settings or review current practices considering the guidelines by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients hospitalized with alcohol withdrawal on medical or surgical wards in 19 Veteran Health Administration (VHA) hospitals between October 1, 2018, and September 30, 2019. Demographic and comorbidity data were obtained from the Veteran Health Administration Corporate Data Warehouse...
March 7, 2024: Journal of Addiction Medicine