7 results
Buprenorphine Initiation for the Uninitiated
1) WAIT FOR MODERATE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
 - Precipitated withdrawal can be caused
COWS Score 6-10 ... or substantial patient ... then have the patient ... Buprenorphine #Initiation #Prescribing ... #Addiction #Management
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Clinical Opioid ... Withdrawal Score ... Observation during assessment ... Observation during assessment ... #addiction
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Ramsay sedation score ... Algorithm #Treatment #Management ... #Addiction #Opiate ... #Start #Prescribing ... #Inpatient #opioid
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... Withdrawal Score ... is scored • 0 ... Buprenorphine #Score ... #Diagnosis #Addiction
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
and go see the patient ... esp in work-up/management ... PMH; consider withdrawal ... NOTES: The last clinic ... own objective assessment
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Algorithm Adjunctive meds ... Algorithm #Treatment #Management ... #Addiction #Opiate ... #Start #Prescribing ... #Inpatient
A visual representation of rehabilitation: Scope, Context, Structure, Process, and Outcome. 
Assessment:
 • Collection and interpretation
rehabilitation: Scope ... Assessment: • ... treatments, to alter ... discharge with self-management ... - Clinical