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Alcohol Withdrawal in the Hospital: CIWA, Benzodiazepines & Phenobarbital Explained | S2 Ep.3

In this episode of Transformed Minds Season 2, Dr. O sits down with addiction medicine specialist Dr. Desai, a CATCH Team Lead Physician (Consult for Addiction Treatment and Care in Hospitals), for a deep clinical dive into alcohol withdrawal management in the hospital setting. Whether you're a hospitalist, internist, nurse, resident, addiction medicine clinician, or medicaal student, this episode gives you a practical, bedside framework you can use immediately. What You'll Learn: A practical framework for risk-stratifying alcohol withdrawal at the bedside When and how to use CIWA and what most clinicians get wrong How to choose between benzodiazepine regimens based on patient profile When phenobarbital enters the picture and how to use it safely How an interdisciplinary consult model changes outcomes for hospitalized patients with alcohol use disorder Chapters: 00:00 Why Early Assessment Matters 00:49 Welcome to Transformed Minds 02:38 Meet Dr. Desai 04:37 What Is the CATCH Team 07:26 Alcohol Withdrawal Red Flags 13:10 Bedside CIWA and Reassessment 15:16 Symptom-Triggered Protocols 18:10 High-Risk Withdrawal Timeline 20:22 Front-Loading and Fixed Tapers 25:58 Complicated Withdrawal and Phenobarbital 36:54 Choosing the Right Benzo 39:32 Key Takeaways and Wrap Up Subscribe to Transformed Minds for clinical education on psychiatric and addiction care, advocacy and tips.