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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Hospital Quick Start ... - Inpatient Initiation ... #Initiation #management ... #withdrawal #opiate ... #opioid #algorithm
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
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) #Methadone #Initiation ... #Algorithm #Treatment ... #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start ... #Prescribing #Inpatient
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Buprenorphine Initiation ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start ... #Prescribing #Inpatient
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
, Dehydration: neurologic ... • Start by calculating ... water is 50-60% of patient ... Diagnosis #Treatment #management ... #nephrology #sodium
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Involves large and medium ... very remarkable w/differential ... Start steroids if ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management