Subjective Opiate Withdrawal Scale (SOWS)

Purpose: To evaluate a patient for subjective symptoms of opiate withdrawal.

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Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient for symptoms of opiate withdrawal?

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Feel anxious

Feel restless

Feel nausea

Feel like vomiting

Feel like using now

Yawning

Perspiring

Tearing eyes

Running nose

Shaking

Aching bones and muscles

Twitching muscles

Have goosebumps

Have hot flushes

Have cold flushes

Have stomach cramps

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Total score

Percent of maximum scores

Number of significant symptoms

Number of mild to moderrate symptoms

Number of negative findings

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
- Screening a Trauma Patient for Risk of Delirium Tremens Using the AST and MCV
- Risk Factors Delirium Tremens Developing in Intoxicated Trauma Patient
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
Other Testing
- Subjective Scoring Index Opiate Withdrawal during Naloxone Therapy
- Scoring System Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Severity, Prognosis, Stage

Therapy

Selection
- Risk Factors Delirium Tremens Developing in Intoxicated Trauma Patient
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
Failure Handling And Therapy Escalation
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)

Monitoring

Response To Therapy
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
Adverse Effects
Compliance/adherence
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
Disease Progression
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
Complication Detection
- Clinical Features of Gabapentin Withdrawal Syndrome

Specialty

Toxicology
Emergency Medicine
Critical Care

Objective

severity
prognosis
stage

ICD-10

F11 - Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids

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Purpose: To evaluate a patient for subjective symptoms of opiate withdrawal.

Specialty: Toxicology, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care

Objective: severity, prognosis, stage

ICD-10: F11,

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