Withdrawal Assessment Tool in Pediatric Acute Care & Transitional Care Patients
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Category:
Pain Education, Withdrawal Assessment.
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Age Range:
Not Specified.
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Tags:
Opioid, Weaning, Withdrawal.
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Type of Document:
Education for Professionals, Medication Guideline, Nursing Guideline, Pain Assessment Protocol, Treatment Guideline.
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Type of Pain:
Acute, Ambulatory, Cancer pain, Chronic, Critical care, Disease related pain, General, Other, Palliative, Post-operative.
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Author:
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, CA
This document presents a Withdrawal Assessment Tool (WAT-1) and its use in monitoring narcotic (opioid) and/or benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms in pediatric critical care patients.