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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Hospital Quick Start ... for withdrawal symptoms ... #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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Guide: Methadone Starts ... Methadone #Initiation #Algorithm ... #Treatment #Management ... #Addiction #Opiate ... #Inpatient #opioid
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
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
prescribed PRN for symptoms ... hours PRN w/d symptoms ... #Treatment #Management ... #Addiction #Opiate ... #Inpatient
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 ... #Diagnosis #Management