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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Start - Inpatient Initiation ... symptoms ... benzodiazepines, alcohol ... #management #withdrawal ... #opiate #opioid
Buprenorphine Initiation for the Uninitiated
1) WAIT FOR MODERATE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
 - Precipitated withdrawal can be caused
SYMPTOMS - Precipitated ... during moderate ... symptoms: e.g. ... COWS Score 6-10 ... Prescribing #Addiction #Management
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
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
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/ using / recovering ... to use EtOH • Withdrawal ... symptoms - ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
First dose • Check COWS ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #Methadone #Initiation ... Algorithm #Treatment #Management ... #Addiction #Opiate
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Score (COWS) - ... attributed to opiate ... accounted for by cold symptoms ... Gooseflesh skin #COWS ... #Score #diagnosis
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Score (COWS) ... attributed to opiate ... ) #COWS #Opiate ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis ... #Addiction #Nursing
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS) - ICU OnePager

Scoring Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS):
 • PAWSS
 • CIWA-Ar
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Alcohol Withdrawal ... Symptom Timeline ... with normal vital signs ... #AWS #diagnosis ... #treatment #management
Time course of events during the alcohol withdrawal syndrome. 
The signs and symptoms that manifest earliest
course of events during ... the alcohol withdrawal ... The signs and symptoms ... #alcohol #withdrawal ... deliriumtremens #diagnosis
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
hyperthermia crisis (late sign ... neurotoxicity • Alcohol ... withdrawal Endocrine ... Anesthesia #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup