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Pain Assessment and Management Initiative (PAMI) - Opioid Prescribing and Equianalgesic Chart - Agents and Dosing

#Management
Pain Assessment ... Dosing #Management ... #Pain #Pharmacology ... #Opioid #Opiate ... #Table #PAMI
Transdermal Fentanyl require unique dosing conversions. For Adult and pediatric patients taking opiouds or doses not
require unique dosing ... For Adult and pediatric ... Then using Table ... #Pharmacology #Pain ... #Opiate #Opioid
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
Pearls for Treatment ... include abdominal pain ... opiates Second-line ... UseDisorder #Management #Treatment ... #Medications #Pharmacology
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Management of acute opiate ... opioid that is safe and ... If patient is stable ... co-exisiting chronic pain ... split dosing TID
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
Overview of antifungal ... effects in the treatment ... dyspnea, chest/back pain ... #antifungals #comparison ... #table #pharmacology
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... medication list and ... if uncontrolled pain ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... #MICU #CriticalCare
Alcohol Use Disorder - Maintenance Treatment
Naltrexone (first line) - First line for most people without contraindications
if also chronic pain ... if neuropathic pain ... uptitrate) #AUD ... #management #pharmacology ... #table #addiction
Antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis
Fluconazole
 - Benefits: Low cost/tolerable
Antifungal agents ... effects in the treatment ... dyspnea, chest/back pain ... #Antifungal #agents ... Coccidioidomycosis #pharmacology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... then be excreted using ... #table #foamed ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
abdomen if abdominal pain ... work-up + empiric antifungal ... ANC rising > 500 ... plasmapheresis Hypercalcemia ... renal failure, pulmonary