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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
symptoms ... benzodiazepines, alcohol ... - Severe liver disease ... #opiate #opioid ... #algorithm
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
Opioid Withdrawal ... of alcohol and/ ... Gastrointestinal distress (nausea ... #Opiate #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
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to use EtOH • Withdrawal ... symptoms - ... , tachycardia, nausea ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue ... Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ... Alcohol) • Drug ... Withdrawal Psychogenic ... #causes
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
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- Diagnosis Algorithm ... suspected: • Signs ... and symptoms of ... without discernable cause ... • Signs of osteoporosis
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Meniere's Disease ... /signs, bidirectional ... #Causes
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Renal Parenchymal Diseases ... stimulation (OCP) • Alcohol ... abuse/ withdrawal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Time course of events during the alcohol withdrawal syndrome. 
The signs and symptoms that manifest earliest
withdrawal syndrome ... The signs and symptoms ... palpitations, nausea ... The earliest symptoms ... #alcohol #withdrawal
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
and metabolic causes ... include withdrawal ... from alcohol or ... Diagnosis #Neurology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Comparison
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
prior to growth plate ... • Other rare causes ... Cardiovascular disease ... Overproduction #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology