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COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
COWS Clinical Opiate ... withdrawal #Diagnosis ... Addiction #COWS #Opiate ... Withdrawal #Scale #Buprenorphine ... #Nursing #Assessment
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... patient was having pain ... Withdrawal #Scale #Buprenorphine ... #Score #Diagnosis ... #Addiction #Nursing
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
: Clinical Findings ... being to the fetus during ... iatrogenic withdrawal using ... #Withdrawal #Opiate ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Medications that Can Cause False Positives on Drug Tests

Urine drug screens (UDSs) are simple to use,
efavirenz (Sustiva) • Pain ... • Coca tea Buprenorphine ... • Verapamil Opioids ... and opiates false ... #diagnosis #toxicology
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Clinical Opioid ... patient was having pain ... attributed to opiate ... #Opioid #Withdrawal ... #Score #diagnosis
Freiberg Infraction - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Sclerosis of the 2nd MT head with flattening of
Pain worsens ... Differential diagnosis ... similar location of pain ... Infraction #foot #clinical ... #mri #clinical
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine ... Support for Hospital Opioid ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #Buprenorphine ... Management #Addiction #Opiate
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... absent: lower back pain ... Raise Test - Pain ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Causes of Abdominal Pain ... changes, worsen during ... incisional hernias: clinical ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... crackles, chest pain ... edema #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #NCPE