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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 ... Withdrawal Scale Score ... #Diagnosis #Addiction ... #COWS #Opiate # ... Nursing #Assessment #Score
ZSFG Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Buprenorphine
#Management #Addiction #Buprenorphine #Inpatient #Opioid #Withdrawal #COWS #Algorithm
#Management #Addiction ... Opioid #Withdrawal #COWS ... #Algorithm
Buprenorphine Algorithm for Uncomplicated Opioid Withdrawal - ACEP Opioids Clinical Policy

Assess Withdrawal Severity - Objective signs
Buprenorphine Algorithm ... Withdrawal Scale (COWS ... Moderate to severe (COWS ... Buprenorphine #Algorithm ... Withdrawal #management #addiction
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Algorithm History ... troponin; HEART score ... • PERC; Well score ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup
Buprenorphine-Naloxone and treatment of withdrawal symptoms

Prerequisites for starting Suboxone in the ED:

1. Patient has an opioid
COWS is >12, AND ... Opioid #Withdrawal #Algorithm ... #Management #Addiction
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Opioid Withdrawal Score ... (COWS) - Resting ... withdrawal is scored ... Gooseflesh skin #COWS ... #diagnosis #addiction
Buprenorphine Initiation for the Uninitiated
1) WAIT FOR MODERATE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
 - Precipitated withdrawal can be caused
COWS Score 6-10 ... #Prescribing #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
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Opioid Withdrawal Score ... (COWS) Resting ... withdrawal is scored ... Treatment (SHOUT) #COWS ... #Diagnosis #Addiction
Phenobarbital monotherapy algorithm for alcohol withdrawal

** EDIT - SEE UPDATED ALGORITHM HERE:
https://www.grepmed.com/images/4060/phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-protocol-pulmcrit

-Phenobarbital monotherapy has numerous advantages
Phenobarbital monotherapy algorithm ... - SEE UPDATED ALGORITHM ... another problem in addition ... -If you work at ... #Monotherapy #Algorithm