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Delirium Tremens Alcohol Withdrawal Management Algorithm

#Delirium #Tremens #Alcohol #Withdrawal #Management #Algorithm #etoh #DTs
Delirium Tremens ... Alcohol Withdrawal ... Management Algorithm ... #Delirium #Tremens ... #etoh #DTs
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Differential Diagnosis ... Seizures/NCSE • Delirium ... Drug (-): • ETOH ... withdrawal • ... #causes
Alcohol Withdrawal Timeline
Minor withdrawal (6 to 36 hours) - Tremulousness, mild anxiety, headache, diaphoresis, palpitations, gastrointestinal
Alcohol Withdrawal ... vital signs • Delirium ... to 96 hours) - Delirium ... #Timeline #etoh ... #diagnosis
The Hot and Altered Patient in the ED - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Heat Stroke
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Sympathomimetic Toxidrome • ETOH ... Sedative-Hypnotic Withdrawal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #delirium #AMS
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
- SEE UPDATED ALGORITHM ... phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-protocol-pulmcrit ... Alternative causes ... of delirium should ... Management #Alcohol #EtOH
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Fibrillation - Diagnosis ... Causes (PIRATES ... 1st episode - EtOH ... withdrawal ("holiday ... Fibrillation #AFib #Diagnosis
Updated phenobarbital alcohol withdrawal protocol

See old algorithm here: https://www.grepmed.com/images/1485/phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-pulmcrit-protocol

The protocol was consequently modified as shown below,
protocol See old algorithm ... phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-pulmcrit-protocol ... Any residual delirium ... Management #Alcohol #EtOH ... #Monotherapy #Algorithm
Causes of COVIDー19 ICU delirium
Restricted Visitation
 • Family Disconnected
 • Sense of Isolation
 • Disorientation
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Causes of COVIDー ... 19 ICU delirium ... #causes #differential ... #coronavirus #diagnosis ... #criticalcare
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
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to effects of EtOH ... exacerbated by EtOH ... • Withdrawal ... , tachycardia, nausea ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Spurious ... effect following EtOH ... #Algorithm #Causes