SEWS Score: 0
Sepsis very unlikely.

Severity of Ethanol Withdrawal Scale (SEWS) assesses severity of alcohol withdrawal.


Oriented to name / date / place

 

Score ≥ 6: ↑ risk of requiring treatment for alcohol withdrawal.

This score has not been validated in a peer-reviewed fashion. It was internally validated at Veterans Affairs hospital near Denver, resulting in decreased duration of withdrawal and hospital stay compared to CIWA-Ar.

 

Sankoff J et al. Accomplishing Much in a Short Time: Use of a Rapid Improvement Event to Redesign the Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Withdrawal. Am J Med Qual. 2012.