Last Call: The Latest and Greatest Strategies for Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal and Alcohol Use Disorder - On Demand 2026
Hospitalists confronting surging alcohol-related admissions will initiate evidence-based AUD care in real time—learning to predict severe withdrawal with validated tools, use phenobarbital safely on wards; initiate acamprosate, naltrexone, disulfiram, gabapentin, or topiramate; and evaluate emerging therapies. Through fast, case-driven drills, design plans that decrease readmissions and ED visits and improve inpatient outcomes with confidence.
Availability
On-Demand
Expires on Apr 05, 2029
Credit Offered
0.75 CME Credit
0.75 ABIM-MOC Point
0.75 Participation Credit
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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:
  1. Initiate medications for alcohol use disorder including naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram, and gabapentin in the hospitalized patient.
  2. Initiate naltrexone for alcohol use disorder in the hospitalized patient with liver disease.
  3. Utilize validated screening tools to predict complicated alcohol withdrawal in the hospitalized patient.
  4. Determine when and how to initiate phenobarbital for alcohol withdrawal on medical-surgical floors.
  5. Apply harm reduction strategies for hospitalized patients with alcohol use disorder or risky alcohol use.
Faculty
  • Keri Holmes-Maybank, MD, MSCR, SFHM
  • Melissa Bregger, MD, FACP
Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.
CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75  MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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