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COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
Withdrawal Scale ... 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 ... via a 10-point scale ... Apgar scores < 7 ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Buprenorphine Algorithm for Uncomplicated Opioid Withdrawal - ACEP Opioids Clinical Policy

Assess Withdrawal Severity - Objective signs
Buprenorphine Algorithm ... Opiate Withdrawal Scale ... (COWS) Moderate ... to severe (COWS ... #addiction #management
Buprenorphine-Naloxone and treatment of withdrawal symptoms

Prerequisites for starting Suboxone in the ED:

1. Patient has an opioid
COWS is >12, AND ... opioid >12hr (short ... Opioid #Withdrawal #Algorithm ... #Management #Addiction
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Opioid Withdrawal Score ... (COWS) Resting ... Treatment (SHOUT) #COWS ... Opiate #Withdrawal #Scale ... #Diagnosis #Addiction
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
First dose • Check COWS ... Ramsay sedation score ... Methadone #Initiation #Algorithm ... #Treatment #Management ... #Addiction #Opiate
European Resuscitation Council–European Society of Intensive Care Medicine algorithm for neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest. Reproduced from
Care Medicine algorithm ... M Glasgow Coma Scale ... Motor score, NSE ... circulation, SSEP short-latency ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
stepwise daily assessment ... Total scores >2 ... Agitation Sedation Scale ... the ICU due to short ... CriticalCare #diagnosis #management