Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Alternatives to opioids for pain management in the emergency department decreases opioid usage and maintains patient
to opioids for pain ... emergency department ... decreases opioid usage and ... #Pharmacology # ... Indications #Pathways #Table
ED Opioid Stewardship Algorithm

Opioid Naive vs Opioid Tolerant

1. Patient Specific, Pain Syndrome-Targeted Approach
2. Combinations of Non-Pharmacologic
Combinations of Non-Pharmacologic ... Medication Assisted Treatment ... Mahlaqa Butt #Emergency ... Stewardship #Algorithm #Management ... #Pain #ED
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
as data on new treatment ... updated treatment ... 11 β€’ National emergency ... Cheatsheet #Diagnosis #Management ... #Coronavirus #CriticalCare
Summary of meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy trials in BPD
https://www.cochrane.org/CD005652/BEHAV_psychological-therapies-borderline-personality-disorder
Meta-analyses of RCTs were undertaken for the following outcomes:
with β€˜treatment ... updated systematic review ... EBM #Management ... #Pharmacology #BPD ... Effectiveness #Table
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
 - 
Exclude hypoglycemia if
possible - Review ... if uncontrolled pain ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... Delirium #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
test panel - Review ... Pain control - ... pain-dose ketamine ... limit them as able ... #CriticalCare
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Start Algorithm - Management ... opioid that is safe and ... If patient is stable ... co-exisiting chronic pain ... Opioid #Withdrawal #Emergency
Alcohol Use Disorder - Maintenance Treatment
Naltrexone (first line) - First line for most people without contraindications
if also chronic pain ... if neuropathic pain ... uptitrate) #AUD ... #management #pharmacology ... #table #addiction
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
effects in the treatment ... dyspnea, chest/back pain ... #valleyfever #management ... #comparison #table ... #pharmacology
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Disseminated Mycobacterium Avium Complex in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Disseminated
please refer to Table ... prevent or delay emergence ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic ... infections #HIVAIDS #pharmacology