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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Initiation for ... symptoms ... Ramsay sedation scale ... benzodiazepines, alcohol ... #withdrawal #opiate
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
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/ using / recovering ... • Withdrawal ... symptoms - ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
being to the fetus during ... of alcohol and/ ... using an opioid ... #Opiate #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale (PAWSS)

Part B: Based on patient interview: 

1. Have you ever
Scale (PAWSS) ... or barbiturates during ... substance of abuse during ... #Withdrawal #EtOH ... #Severity #Scale
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
attributed to opiate ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #COWS #Opiate ... #Withdrawal #Scale ... Diagnosis #Addiction #Nursing
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Buprenorphine Initiation ... prescribed PRN for symptoms ... hours PRN w/d symptoms ... Management #Addiction #Opiate ... #Prescribing #Inpatient