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Alcohol Withdrawal Timeline
Minor withdrawal (6 to 36 hours) - Tremulousness, mild anxiety, headache, diaphoresis, palpitations, gastrointestinal
normal mental status ... • Seizures (6 ... postictal period; status ... Withdrawal #Timeline #etoh ... #diagnosis
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
 •
Alcohol Use Disorder ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... to effects of EtOH ... tremor, insomnia, seizure ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Alcohol Withdrawal Timeline

Stage 1 (8 hours) : Anxiety, insomnia, nausea, & abdominal pain
Stage 2 (1-3 days):
Alcohol Withdrawal ... insomnia, nausea, & abdominal ... Hallucinations, fever, seizures ... Withdrawal #Timeline #diagnosis ... #stages #etoh
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS) - ICU OnePager

Scoring Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS):
 • PAWSS
 • CIWA-Ar
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• Withdrawal Seizures ... usually generalized seizures ... - Status epilepticus ... Syndrome #AWS #diagnosis ... treatment #management #etoh
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
amphetamines, alcohol ... - Medications: statins ... strep) - Seizures ... immobility • Critical ... #differential #diagnosis
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
exertion/training - Seizures ... Toxins - Drugs - Statins ... - ETOH - Infection ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal
Alcohol Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
The onset of alcohol withdrawal generally begins 6-24 hours after the
: Clinical Findings ... >2 days after EtOH ... Life-threatening state ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... Signs #Symptoms #EtOH
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
may cause severe clinical ... History of excessive alcohol ... Post-operative state ... Rhabdomyolysis • Seizures ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage on FAST exam

Adult male with RUQ/side pain after MVC. Transient prehospital hypotension.  Has
Diagnosis/differential ... No other intra-abdominal ... twitter.com/RJonesSonoEM/status ... Positive #trauma #clinical ... #ultrasound
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... presentations and disease states ... circulation If drugs, seizures ... Heavy exercise - Seizures ... Hypoglycemia - Alcohol