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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">Effective April 3, 2023:</span></b><span style="color:red">
</span> Upstate<b> </b>will use the <b>Glasgow Modified Alcohol Withdrawal Scale (GMAWS)</b> instead of the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment (CIWA) scale to assess and treat alcohol withdrawal in adult patients. The associated order set has been renamed
the <b>Alcohol Withdrawal Procedure (GMAWS) IP Order Set (30400009631) </b>to reflect the changes.
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<p class="MsoNormal">To learn more, click the link: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.upstate.edu*2Ftraining*2Fintra*2Fepic*2Fdocuments*2Falcohol_withdrawal_procedure_inpatient_order_set_upstate_system_update_bulletin.pdf&data=05*7C01*7CRelfJ*40upstate.edu*7Ca7d74c91300246449aeb08db31e212cc*7C5cf50a665e2641dd89f883cf73ffee98*7C0*7C0*7C638158619280143615*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000*7C*7C*7C&sdata=Lr5ph6dPkifKf3sZVBZz78qTOKa2DnVCjWjgOlBFX5M*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!GobTDDpD7A!KSyxlTrIJ2X0qO7QLgEBg7vEeoT851FgG502jbLURmU3mIaynuMbdMyTk7cyZr86NZul9Zaq5ITTHsIk53cOo_nzR3hx$">
Alcohol Withdrawal Procedure Inpatient Order Set Upstate System Update Bulletin</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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