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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
equivalent calculator as ... symptoms ... benzodiazepines, alcohol ... #opiate #opioid ... #algorithm
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
Opioid Withdrawal ... Note: Opioid withdrawal ... of alcohol and/ ... #Opiate #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS) - ICU OnePager

Scoring Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS):
 • PAWSS
 • CIWA-Ar
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Alcohol Withdrawal ... Syndrome (AWS) ... Withdrawal Symptom ... Symptoms (6-36 ... with normal vital signs
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Hospital Quick Start Algorithm ... Management of acute opiate ... withdrawal - ... continuation of methadone as ... #Emergency #Buprenorphine
Time course of events during the alcohol withdrawal syndrome. 
The signs and symptoms that manifest earliest
withdrawal syndrome ... The signs and symptoms ... , and anorexia as ... The earliest symptoms ... #alcohol #withdrawal
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
• If endorsing withdrawal ... dose from day 1 as ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Methadone #Initiation #Algorithm ... Management #Addiction #Opiate
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
originating as ... causes include withdrawal ... from alcohol or ... Diagnosis #Neurology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Comparison
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
aches: If patient was ... attributed to opiate ... stool • 0 - no GI symptoms ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #COWS #Opiate
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... illness, such as ... - History of alcohol ... headache #redflags #signs
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 ... from previous day as ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Management #Addiction #Opiate