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COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
COWS Clinical Opiate ... Withdrawal Scale ... Addiction #COWS #Opiate ... Buprenorphine #Nursing ... #Assessment #Score
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal ... attributed to opiate ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #COWS #Opiate ... Diagnosis #Addiction #Nursing
Quick Guide: Methadone Starts in the Hospital
Day 1: max daily dose 40 mg methadone
First dose
• Check
Guide: Methadone Starts ... • If endorsing withdrawal ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Management #Addiction #Opiate ... #Start #Prescribing
Alcohol Use Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Tolerance (reduced sensitivity to effects of EtOH)
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in time spent pursuing ... / using / recovering ... to use EtOH • Withdrawal ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #Psychiatry
Opioid Withdrawal: Clinical Findings and Complications
Note: Opioid withdrawal can be extremely uncomfortable, but is rarely life-threatening
Opioid Withdrawal ... being to the fetus during ... using an opioid ... #Opiate #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)
 - Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal ... assessment - Pupil ... attributed to opiate ... withdrawal is scored ... assessment - Anxiety
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
for symptoms of withdrawal ... 1, then day 2 start ... , then start 16 ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... Management #Addiction #Opiate
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
to the nail plate ... Starts distally ... Nails Nail plate ... Mees' Lines) Curving ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Signs
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
The assessment of ... to be in ADHF starts ... Signs of poor perfusion ... Signs of congestion ... then be excreted using
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
Apnea/poor effort, Signs ... ↓ BP is a late sign ... and transport STAT ... Maintain normothermia during ... assessment (warm