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Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
Pearls for Treatment ... include abdominal pain ... UseDisorder #Management #Treatment ... Therapies #Screening #Addiction ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... if uncontrolled pain ... consider empiric treatment ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... #MICU #CriticalCare
Boxer's Fracture - ED Management
Be sure to assess for wounds in patients with fractures of the
guide prophylactic antibiotic ... treatment. ... ED Management: Pain ... reduce if needed (using ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Alcohol Use Disorder - Maintenance Treatment
Naltrexone (first line) - First line for most people without contraindications
- Maintenance Treatment ... if also chronic pain ... if neuropathic pain ... #management #pharmacology ... #table #addiction
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
span, Impaired addition ... Initiate empiric treatment ... non-absorbable antibiotic ... Guidelines recommend using ... #Management #treatment
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Epigastric abdominal pain ... ileus), consider pain-dose ... • Antibiotics ... cholecystectomy during ... #Management #Treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
& Dry) is the treatment ... then be excreted using ... & Dry” is the treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
patient was having pain ... once or twice during ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis ... #Addiction #Nursing
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
abdomen if abdominal pain ... 24-48 h and ANC rising ... 500 → may stop antibiotics ... fever, weight gain ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis