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Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
Pearls for Treatment ... of Alcohol Use ... include abdominal pain ... Screening #Addiction #Medications ... #Pharmacology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
- Differential Diagnosis ... draw • Severe pain ... steal syndrome - Alcohol ... Classification #Table ... #Causes
Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder: Methadone vs Buprenorphine - Comparison Table

Some patients may decline buprenorphine
Buprenorphine - Comparison ... Table Some patients ... interested in medication ... assisted treatment ... #Pain #Management
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management
Methanol intoxication:
 • Accidental or intentional ingestion of adulterated
methanol; rare cases ... oxalate crystals in urine ... #toxicology #comparison ... #table #management ... #treatment
Review of Intranasally Administered Medications for Use in the Emergency Department
Table of agents, uses, dosing, onset
of agents, uses ... #Intranasal #Pain ... #Medications #Comparison ... #Table #Dosing ... VisualAbstract #Pharmacology
Disulfiram Mechanism of action :
unpleasant symptoms (Nausea ... Sweating, Chest pain ... Anxiety) #pharmacology ... #medications #druginformation ... #treatment #mechanismofaction
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Management Summary Causes ... Weakness - Dark urine ... - Abdominal pain ... hour with goal urine
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
excretion (e.g., urine ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... Hypoglycemia - Alcohol ... - HIV/HAART medications
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Etiology: • Medications ... lysis) ± Urine ... only if no clear cause ... Elimination (see Table ... STOP offending medications
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA ... Alcoholic ketoacidosis ... vomiting, abdominal pain ... their loss in the urine ... Treatment with IV