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Methadone Hospital Quick Start - Inpatient Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder and Withdrawal
Initial Dosing:
 - Patients
Start - Inpatient Initiation ... Withdrawal severity is not ... or sedated, do not ... #management #withdrawal ... opiate #opioid #algorithm
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
diagnosis and management ... compression from lymph node ... Bronchiectasis #diagnosis #management ... #Differential # ... workup #algorithm
Metformin in Diabetic Kidney Disease
Immediate release:
 • Initial 500 mg or 850 mg once daily
 •
metformin; do not ... #pharmacology #algorithm ... #management #kdigo ... #initiation #titration
Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
Diagnostic and Management ... Algorithm CONSIDER ... ETIOLOGY (not inclusive ... #Bradycardia #Algorithm ... #Differential
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
Tachycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis and Management ... Positive deflection not ... If not Flutter P ... #wide #narrow #algorithm
Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
Somatoform Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... gain Symptoms Not ... the sick role; not ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... • Around Eye/Temple ... Red Eye, Stuffy Nose ... Headaches #diagnosis #differential ... primary #secondary #management
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm ... Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... causes • ~30% note ... modifications Algorithm ... #diagnosis #management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Systemic sx will not ... very remarkable w/differential ... a month after initiating ... ’t worry about initiating ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Evaluation and Management of Hyperkalemia

As with hypokalemia, the immediate danger of hyperkalemia is its effect on
Evaluation and Management ... efforts should focus ... symptoms does not ... Hyperkalemia #Evaluation #Algorithm