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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 ... #differential #diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... shortly after or during ... crackles, chest pain ... , cough Opioid ... #differential #diagnosis
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
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
2 after COVID diagnosis ... pleuritic chest pain ... POCUS update: small ... Thickening #COVID19 #clinical ... lung #ultrasound #pulmonary
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
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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• First diagnosed ... during pregnancy ... or severe RUQ pain ... doubling of Cr), pulmonary ... so have high clinical
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Clinical ... HF • Moderate pulmonary ... pain in extremities ... #Differential #Diagnosis