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Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Guide: Methadone Starts ... response to stimulus Support ... Methadone #Initiation #Algorithm ... #Treatment #Management ... Addiction #Opiate #Start
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
cases/100,000 per year ... • Weakness: Starts ... require ventilator support ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
inform clinical team ... If indicated, start ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
to be in ADHF starts ... even mechanical support ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm ... 1, then day 2 start ... dose 24 mg Support ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... #Treatment #Management
Anaesthesia and 
peri-operative care for Jehovah's Witnesses and 
patients who refuse blood 

1. Patients should be
that the medical team ... the time of the team ... set up from the start ... patient blood management ... #preoperative #Management
Hypothermia - Protocol for ED
CORE TEMP < 34º
INITIAL THERAPY
 • Remove wet garments
 • Avoid rough
INVESTIGATIONS • Stat ... Consider inotropic support ... Consider inotropic support ... Hypothermia #Protocol #management ... #treatment #algorithm
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
affect the JAK-STAT ... WBCs are usually near-normal ... • Treatment is ... • Treatment algorithms ... hematology #diagnosis #management