BOOZY BRUNCH
Withdrawing from alcohol can cause seizures. The highest risk for generalized tonic-clonic seizures is at ___ days.
What is 1-2 days?
Symptoms from opiates include these.
What are flu-like symptoms (muscle aches, abdominal cramping, runny nose, teary eyes, hot/cold sweats, low energy, and anxiety)?
Marijuana withdrawal includes these two types of withdrawal symptoms.
What are two psychological and one physiological symptoms?
Alcohol withdrawal has different levels of severity. What is the CIWA score for a mild withdrawal?
What is <10?
This actress from Full House suffered from cocaine addiction.
Who is Mary-Kate Olsen?
True or False: Withdrawal from opiates is life-threatening?
What is false?
Psychological symptoms include the following
What are irritability, anxiety, depressed mood, restlessness, and changes in sleeping and/or eating habits?
Alcohol withdrawal has different levels of severity. What is the CIWA score for a severe withdrawal?
What is >15?
This actress from Mean Girls battled with cocaine and alcohol addiction.
Who is Lindsay Lohan?
The most serious effect of withdrawal from alcohol.
What is death?
This time frame is the window of withdrawal symptoms.
What is 1 week to 1 month?
Physical symptoms include the following
What are abdominal pain, sweating, shaking, fever, chills, and headache.
Patient has an AWA score of 3. What should be done for this patient?
What is assess q4h & administer BZD q4h?
Common physical effects from alcohol withdrawal.
What are anxiety, tachycardia, insomnia, nausea, vomiting, diaphoresis?
These medications treat opiate addiction.
What are Methadone, Buprenorphine & Naltrexone?
Most symptoms have their onset after this amount of time after last use.
What is 24-72 hours?
Which BZDs are have half-lives that are minimally affected by hepatic dysfunction/ disease ? (BONUS 400 points if you can tell me why!)
What are oxazepam, temazepam, lorazepam? (because they do not have active metabolites after hepatic conjugation)
When going through alcohol withdrawal, which medications (specific name & administration route) are used at IU Health for CIWA protocol?
What are lorazepam IV & diazepam PO?
This synthetic drug is at high risk for opiate abuse.
What is OxyContin?
Sleep difficulties may last more than this amount of time.
What is 30 days?
Patient has a AWA score of 8. What next?
What is reassess q15mins, BZDs q30mins?