Table 1. CIWA-Ar criteria.

Reference: [14]

CIWA-Ar: Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale

Symptom	Description	Score
Agitation	Excessive motor activity, restlessness, or irritability	0-7
Anxiety	Subjective distress, nervousness, or a feeling of unease	0-7
Auditory disturbances	Abnormal auditory experiences such as hearing sounds that are not present	0-7
Headache	Presence of a headache or pain in the head	0-7
Nausea/vomiting	Presence of nausea or vomiting symptoms	0-7
Orientation and clouding of sensorium	Level of consciousness, orientation to time and place, and clarity of thinking	0-4
Paroxysmal sweats	Sudden onset of sweating, not explained by external factors	0-7
Tactile disturbances	Sensory disturbances such as itching, tingling, or numbness	0-7
Tremor	Observable tremor of the outstretched hands	0-7
Visual disturbances	Visual hallucinations or other disturbances in vision	0-7
Total	Sum of scores for all criteria	0-67