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Patient Consent Algorithm - Can your adult patient consent?

Is there an emergency?

Does the patient have capacity
the patient have capacity ... Has the patient refused ... Management #Psychiatry #Capacity
Forced vital capacity (FVC) curves comparing normal, obstructive, and restrictive disorders. Curves are as they appear
Forced vital capacity ... Forced #Vital #Capacity
Lung Volumes and Capacities

The amount of air that moves in and out of the lungs during
The inspiratory capacity ... functional residual capacity ... The vital capacity ... The total lung capacity ... Volumes #Capacities #Capacity
A Model for Defining Frailty

Resiliency, Adaptive Capacity in Fit, Prefrail and Frail Patients

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Frailty #Model
Resiliency, Adaptive Capacity
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
: forced vital capacity
Water Deprivation Test - Differential Diagnosis of Diabetes Insipidus (DI)
Concept of WDT: endogenous vasopressin secretion is
concentration capacity
Algorithm for evaluation of a patient with a peripheral neuropathy. (ECG = electrocardiogram; EMG/NCS = electron
= forced vital capacity
Lung volumes and capacities. Representation of a simple spirogram and divisions of lung volumes and capacities.
Lung #Volumes #Capacity
Hypoxemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm by A-a Gradient

Normal A-a Gradient:
 • ↓ Atmospheric pressure
 • Hypoventilation: CNS
• ↓Diffusion Capacity
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
Fetal O2 Carrying Capacity ... Maternal O2 Carrying Capacity