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39 consultation templates, patient explanations and results layouts. Each one shows what it is based on, so you can disagree with it on the evidence rather than on taste. Search, copy, paste into the record.
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New respiratory outpatient
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History of presenting complaint: [] Previous medical history: [] Current medication and allergies: [] Family history: [] Personal and social history: Smoking status: [current, ex or never] (pack-years []) E-cigarettes or vaping: [device and duration, or no] Recreational drug use: [drug, route, duration, or no] Very brief advice given: [yes, no or not applicable] Referred to stop smoking service: [yes, no or not applicable] Nicotine replacement or pharmacotherapy offered: [type, or no] Alcohol: [] Occupation, current and previous: [] Home circumstances and who else is at home: [] Pets and birds: [] Recent travel: [] On examination: Height [] cm Weight [] kg BMI [] SpO2 []% on air BP [] mmHg Pulse [] bpm Respiratory rate [] ECOG performance status [] There was no pallor, cyanosis, jaundice, oedema, clubbing or cervical lymphadenopathy. Heart sounds: [] Breath sounds: [] Abdomen: [] Radiology: [] Hand-held spirometry: FEV1 [] L ([]% predicted) FVC [] L ([]% predicted) FEV1/FVC ratio []% Peak flow [] L/min ([]% predicted) Blood tests: [] Impression: [] Management plan: []
New respiratory outpatient — The general clerking skeleton every other consultation template on this site is built on, with performance status and a smoking record that counts.
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Asthma
- Patient information Asthma - information for patients What asthma is, why the preventer matters more than the reliever, and what to do when it gets worse. Written to go straight into a clinic letter.
- Consultation template Asthma review The routine review, ordered so that control, technique and adherence are settled before anyone reaches for the next inhaler.
- Consultation template Difficult asthma assessment The systematic assessment that has to be done before asthma is called severe, and before anyone uses the word biologic.
- Consultation template New asthma patient First assessment, built around the objective test that confirms the diagnosis and the four things that predict the next attack.
COPD
- Patient information COPD - information for patients What COPD is, and the four things that make the biggest difference, in the order they make it.
- Patient information COPD rescue pack instructions When to start the emergency antibiotics and steroids, when not to, and what to do straight afterwards.
- Consultation template COPD review The review that checks the things that change outcomes before it checks the inhaler, and asks the oxygen and palliative questions on time.
- Consultation template New COPD patient First assessment, with the spirometry that confirms it, the exacerbation history that grades it, and the interventions that actually change outcomes.
Bronchiectasis
- Patient information Bronchiectasis - information for patients The daily routine that keeps bronchiectasis stable, with airway clearance first because it is the treatment that works.
- Patient information Bronchiectasis exacerbation plan The written plan the patient keeps: what counts as an exacerbation, which antibiotic, for how long, and when 14 days is not enough.
- Test explainer Bronchiectasis tests - what we are looking for The baseline aetiology bundle, in two versions: the list for the request form and the explanation for the patient.
- Consultation template New bronchiectasis patient First assessment: the history that points at a cause, the severity markers, and the treatable traits worth finding early.
Interstitial lung disease
- Consultation template New interstitial lung disease patient The exposure, drug and connective tissue history that makes the diagnosis, in the detail the ILD MDT will ask for.
- Patient information Pulmonary fibrosis - information for patients What fibrosis is and what can be done about it, written without either false reassurance or foreclosure.
Pleural disease
- Patient information Indwelling pleural catheter - information for patients What the tube is, how draining at home works, and the signs that mean ring us today.
- Patient information Pneumothorax - information for patients What a collapsed lung is, what happens next, and the rules about flying, diving and smoking that people are rarely told clearly.
- Consultation template Undiagnosed unilateral pleural effusion The workup in the order that avoids the two classic errors: draining before imaging, and sending too little fluid.
Lung cancer
- Patient information After a lung cancer diagnosis - information for patients What happens next in the days after the diagnosis is given, written to be read again at home when the conversation has blurred.
- Test explainer Lung cancer tests - what each one is for PET-CT, EBUS, biopsy and the rest, explained to a patient who has been told they need "some more scans".
- Consultation template Suspected lung cancer First clinic assessment, written so the letter contains everything the MDT will ask for - starting with performance status.
Pulmonary nodules
- Letter Asking the GP to arrange nodule follow-up Handing surveillance of a low-risk nodule to primary care, with the safety net written down rather than assumed.
- Patient information Lung nodules - information for patients Telling someone their scan found a spot that is probably nothing, without making it sound like nothing or like everything.
- Consultation template Pulmonary nodule surveillance plan The record of what was found, what the risk score said, and exactly when the next scan is due and who is arranging it.
Sleep & ventilation
- Patient information Sleep apnoea and CPAP - information for patients What the diagnosis means, what CPAP actually does, and the first fortnight that decides whether someone keeps using it.
- Patient information Snoring and sleep advice For the person whose sleep study was normal, or whose snoring is the problem rather than the apnoea.
- Consultation template Suspected obstructive sleep apnoea The sleep history with the scores that decide priority, and the driving question asked properly.
TB & mycobacteria
Tests & procedures
- Results block Blood gas result Capillary or arterial, with the two things people forget to write down: what they were breathing, and when.
- Test explainer Bronchoscopy - information for patients What the test involves, what to do about food and tablets, and what happens after.
- Admin & booking Bronchoscopy booking checklist Everything the bronchoscopy list needs to know, so nobody has to ring you back the day before.
- Results block Full lung function results Every number in the same order in every letter, so a reader can compare across visits without hunting.
- Results block Hand-held spirometry results The short clinic-room block, with a line for how good the effort actually was.
Smoking & vaping
Clinic letters & admin
- Letter Did not attend - letter before discharge Gives someone a defined window to get back in touch before they are discharged, rather than removing them silently.
- Letter Discharge after no response Closing the loop when the window given in the previous letter has passed, with the re-referral route stated.
- Letter Invitation for a repeat chest x-ray The short letter that gets someone back for the follow-up film, with the reason stated and the result loop closed.
- Letter Letter footer - dictation note and signature The blocks that sit at the bottom of every letter: the voice recognition note, the signature, and how to reach the department.
- Consultation template New respiratory outpatient The general clerking skeleton every other consultation template on this site is built on, with performance status and a smoking record that counts.
- Consultation template Respiratory follow-up review The general follow-up skeleton: what has changed, what the tests show, and what the plan is now - with an explicit discharge question.
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