Withdrawal Assessment Tool in Pediatric Critical Care Patients
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Category:
Pain Education, Withdrawal Assessment.
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Age Range:
Not Specified.
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Tags:
Benzodiazepine, Opioid, Weaning, Withdrawal.
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Type of Document:
Education for Professionals, Nursing Guideline.
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Type of Pain:
All types of pain.
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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 acute care and transitional care patients.