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Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup ... certain foods or meds ... fast, Stool osmotic ... Malabsorptive: • Assessment ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Workup
To be eligible for hospice beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease must have a FAST Scale of greater
or equal to 7 FAST ... objects; subjective work ... #FAST #Stage #Score ... Dementia #Functional #Assessment ... Test #Hospice #Diagnosis
M (Mallampati Score): essentially giving you an external assessment tool about the patient’s ability to open
M (Mallampati Score ... you an external assessment ... the patient’s ability ... size, and the ability ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Clinical Opioid ... Observation during assessment ... Observation during assessment ... Gooseflesh skin #COWS #Clinical ... #diagnosis #addiction
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
failure, esp in work-up ... NOTES: The last ... own objective assessment ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis ... #workup #criticalcare
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Observation during assessment ... Observation during assessment ... or twice during assessment ... more times during assessment ... #Nursing #Assessment
Approach to treating a diabetic patient with a foot infection.

Consider hospitalization if any of the following
or presence of critical ... requirement of urgent diagnostic ... interventions; and inability ... diabeticfootulcer #footwound #algorithm ... #assessment
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
stepwise daily assessment ... Total scores >2 ... non-benzo sedative: fast ... Delirium #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare ... #diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... The assessment of ... establishing a diagnosis ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare