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Pain Assessment Mnemonic: "OPQRSTU"
O: Onset
P: Provoking or Palliating Factors
Q: Quality
R: Region & Radiation
S: Severity
T: Time &
Pain Assessment ... Severity T: Time & Treatment ... Impact #Pain #Assessment ... Mnemonic #OPQRSTU #Nursing
Assessment of the Child with Chronic Asthma
Are there other allergic disorders?
 - Allergic rhinitis
 - Eczema,
Assessment of the ... rhinitis needing treatment ... Chronic #Asthma #Assessment ... diagnosis #peds #pediatrics
Tongue Pathology 

Geographic tongue, fissured tongue, and hairy tongue are the most common tongue problems and
do not require treatment ... Burning mouth syndrome ... has responded to treatment ... , with careful assessment ... Medianrhomboidglossitis #candida #Atrophicglossitis
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... consider empiric treatment ... Reorientation during ... #Delirium #Checklist ... #Management #Treatment
Pain Assessment and Management Initiative (PAMI) - Nonpharmacologic Interventions (pediatric and adult)
Physical (Sensory) Interventions
 - Comfort
Pain Assessment ... Interventions (pediatric ... - Hot or Cold treatments
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Shock - Management Checklist ... on ultrasound), assessment ... pulmonary congestion, assessment ... Revascularization, treatment ... cardiogenic shock #Checklist
CRIES is a 10-point scale, using a physiologic basis similar to APGAR: Crying; Requires increased oxygen
10-point scale, using ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics ... PostOperative #Assessment
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
assessment • 0 ... assessment • 0 ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... Diagnosis #Addiction #Nursing ... #Assessment
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... (→ 3-14) e.g. during ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Checklist
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
the absence of treatment ... peripheral smears using ... q12h)x60 days • Pediatric ... q12h)x 60 days Treatment ... 90-120 days • Pediatric