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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Hospital Quick Start ... Initial Dosing: ... benzodiazepines, alcohol ... #Initiation #management ... #withdrawal #opiate
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Hospital Quick Start ... Algorithm - Management ... of acute opiate ... withdrawal - ... - If patient is
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Guide: Methadone Starts ... (SHOUT) #Methadone ... #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start ... #Prescribing #Inpatient
Checklist for removing PPE, using a tear-away gown here (this type of gown is preferred)
Inside the
Checklist for removing ... PPE, using a tear-away ... #Removal #Donning ... #Doffing #Checklist ... #Management #COVID19
Updated phenobarbital alcohol withdrawal protocol

See old algorithm here: https://www.grepmed.com/images/1485/phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-pulmcrit-protocol

The protocol was consequently modified as shown below,
phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-pulmcrit-protocol ... phenobarbital dosing ... received sufficient treatment ... for alcohol withdrawal ... #Management #Alcohol
Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
Inpatient Management ... medication assisted treatment ... has completely withdrawn ... Dosing usually begins ... (SHOUT) #Methadone
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
hold additional dosing ... (SHOUT) #Buprenorphine ... #Management #Addiction ... #Opiate #Start ... #Prescribing #Inpatient
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal ... attributed to opiate ... Hospital Opioid Use Treatment ... (SHOUT) #COWS ... #Opiate #Withdrawal
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... + new (you can start ... esp in work-up/management ... PMH; consider withdrawal ... good place to start
Alcohol Use Disorder - Maintenance Treatment
Naltrexone (first line) - First line for most people without contraindications
Alcohol Use Disorder ... anxious, EtOH withdrawal ... : 2mg qday (start ... uptitrate) #AUD #Alcohol ... #management #pharmacology