Figure 1.

Average alcohol withdrawal scoring and average benzodiazepine dose (mg) versus initiation of dexmedetomidine therapy. Alcohol withdrawal scores were averaged each hour for all patients with complete data available (n = 11) as was average hourly benzodiazepine dose in mg (n = 17). Measurements were recorded from 24 h prior to dexmedetomidine therapy through the first 24 h on dexmedetomidine. Negative numbers represent data prior to the initiation of the study drug and the time point 0 represents the initiation of dexmedetomidine. Error bars reflect the standard error around each mean value.