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COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
COWS Clinical Opiate ... Score: 5-12 ... #Diagnosis #Addiction ... Buprenorphine #Nursing #Assessment ... #Score
Newborn Assessment - APGAR Score

Assessment of newborn vital signs following labor via a 10-point scale evaluated
Newborn Assessment ... Assessment of newborn ... Apgar scores < 7 ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Newborns #Assessment
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
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Withdrawal Score ... Observation during assessment ... or twice during assessment ... more times during assessment ... #Nursing #Assessment
Clinical institute withdrawal assessment of alcohol scale revised (CIWA-AR).

#Diagnosis #Management #Alcohol #Withdrawal #Assessment #CIWAAR #Revised #Scale
Clinical institute ... withdrawal assessment ... Management #Alcohol #Withdrawal ... #Assessment #CIWAAR ... Revised #Scale #Score
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Guide: Methadone Starts ... Ramsay sedation score ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... Initiation #Algorithm #Treatment ... #Management #Addiction
Smoking Cessation Management
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT):
Long-Acting NRT:
 • Patch: Wear for 24 hours at a time.
Short-Acting NRT ... cravings, reduce withdrawal ... after FDA-approved treatments ... CORE IM Podcast ... #pharmacology #addition
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
if they have no clinical ... conditions met: z score ... effusion, or z scores ... echo is positive, treatment ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
PMH; consider withdrawal ... NOTES: The last clinic ... own objective assessment ... the Pt's current clinical ... depending on the clinical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
The assessment of ... to be in ADHF starts ... & Dry) is the treatment ... & Dry” is the treatment ... management #cardiology #treatment