Changing Nature of
Detoxification Services
in a Managed Care Environment
Oversight
... or,
"How I learned to stop worrying and love being second-guessed."
Contraindications to Outpatient Detox Overview
High Risk of Complicated Withdrawal Medically managed inpatient detox indicated if:
Other Criteria for Medically Managed Detox
Appropriate for Outpatient Detoxification:
Principals of Outpatient Detoxification
Outpatient Detox Guidelines Patient and provider agree:
Background of pharmacology
and pathophysiology of withdrawal
Overview
Sedatives: Tolerance and Withdrawal Alcohol and Other Sedatives
Predictors of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity
Treatment of AWS
Fixed
Dose Regimen
Treatment of AWS
Symptom-driven
Regimen
Outpatient Alcohol Detoxification
Outpatient Prescription Sedative Detox
Opiates: Tolerance and Withdrawal
Clinical Manifestations of Opioid Withdrawal
Principles of Opioid Withdrawal