11 results
COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
Withdrawal Scale ... withdrawal #Diagnosis ... #Addiction #COWS ... 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
PHQ9 Depression Severity Scores and Proposed Treatment Actions
#Diagnosis #Management #PHQ9 #Depression #Severity #Scores #Scale
Depression Severity Scores ... Actions #Diagnosis ... #Management #PHQ9 ... Depression #Severity #Scores ... #Scale
Buprenorphine-Naloxone and treatment of withdrawal symptoms

Prerequisites for starting Suboxone in the ED:

1. Patient has an opioid
Buprenorphine-Naloxone and treatment ... 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
(COWS) Resting ... Hospital Opioid Use 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
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
purposes of this algorithm ... conditions met: z score ... effusion, or z scores ... echo is positive, treatment ... #Diagnosis #Peds
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 ... potentials #Diagnosis ... #Management #Neurology
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 ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis ... #management
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 ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment