psychiatry emergency
Brief Alcohol Withdrawal Scale (BAWS)
Brief validated tool for assessing alcohol withdrawal severity in clinical settings. Assesses 8 domains. Score ≥5 suggests significant withdrawal requiring pharmacological management.
References
- Elholm B et al. The Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: socio-demographic characteristics and the nature and severity of withdrawal symptoms. Alcohol Alcoholism. 2011;46(5):570–576.
Related
Curated clinical cross-links plus same-class fallbacks.
Calculators
Drugs
Pathways
- Acute Psychosis Management · NICE CG178 2014
- Depression Management · NICE CG90 2022
- Lithium Therapy Monitoring · NICE CG185 / BNF
- Alcohol Withdrawal Management · NICE CG115 2010 / BNF
- Eating Disorder Assessment · NICE CG9 2017 / MARSIPAN
- Serotonin syndrome · Hunter criteria (Dunkley 2003); TOXBASE/NPIS; BNF
Decision support only — verify against MDCalc, NICE, or your local guideline before clinical use.