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      • An introduction to hemodynamics
      • The heart, the pump
      • The vasculature, the pipes
      • The fluid, the flow
      • Renal function, the regulator
      • Volume status, the tank
      • Monitoring, the gauges
        • The physical exam
        • Static measures of intravascular volume
          • Pressures
          • Volumes
          • Bioimpedance vector analysis
        • Dynamic measures of intravascular volume
          • Stroke volume variation and pulse pressure variation
          • Changes in aortic flow velocity
          • Respiratory induced changes in inferior vena cava diameter
          • Passive leg raise induced variations
          • Bioreactance and NICOM
  • Bioethics Discussion Group
    • Discussions
      • Year 1 (2017 – 2018):
        Foundations & Futures
        • 001. First, do no harm
        • 002. Organ and body donations
        • 003. Human experimentation
        • 004. Big data, little privacy
        • 005. Universal healthcare
        • 006. Family in medicine
        • 007. Death
        • 008. Abortion
        • 009. Assisted reproduction
        • 010. Prenatal screening
        • 011. Genetic Manipulation
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        • 013. Vaccination
        • 014. Regulation
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        • 066. Meat
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        • 068. Discovery
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        • 078. The causes and cures of cancer
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        • 080. Religion
        • 081. Charity
        • 082. Doubt
        • 083. Truth
        • 084. Lies
        • 085. Emotion
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        • 095. Corporations
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        • 097. Sadness
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      • A philosophy of biomedical engineering laboratories
      • A philosophy of biomedical instrumentation and design II
      • A philosophy of circuits, systems, and signals in biomedical engineering
      • A philosophy of (bio)mechanics
      • A philosophy of biotechnology III
      • Philosophies of biomedical instrumentation, or, A panopticon, a pandemic
      • Love in the time of COVID-19: A philosophy of circuits and systems in biomedical engineering
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If men’s calamities, again, are not to be wholly imputed to fortune

Posted on September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 by Barry Belmont

Plutarch, Parallel Lives

How culpable is a character to a role in a drama?

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      • An introduction to hemodynamics
      • The heart, the pump
      • The vasculature, the pipes
      • The fluid, the flow
      • Renal function, the regulator
      • Volume status, the tank
      • Monitoring, the gauges
        • The physical exam
        • Static measures of intravascular volume
          • Pressures
          • Volumes
          • Bioimpedance vector analysis
        • Dynamic measures of intravascular volume
          • Stroke volume variation and pulse pressure variation
          • Changes in aortic flow velocity
          • Respiratory induced changes in inferior vena cava diameter
          • Passive leg raise induced variations
          • Bioreactance and NICOM
  • Bioethics Discussion Group
    • Discussions
      • Year 1 (2017 – 2018):
        Foundations & Futures
        • 001. First, do no harm
        • 002. Organ and body donations
        • 003. Human experimentation
        • 004. Big data, little privacy
        • 005. Universal healthcare
        • 006. Family in medicine
        • 007. Death
        • 008. Abortion
        • 009. Assisted reproduction
        • 010. Prenatal screening
        • 011. Genetic Manipulation
        • 012. LGBTQ Health
        • 013. Vaccination
        • 014. Regulation
        • 015. Posthumanity
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        Chosen, Given, Taken
        • 016. Neuroethics
        • 017. Drugs
        • 018. Alternative medicine
        • 019. Zombies
        • 020. Cloning
        • 021. Animal experimentation
        • 022. Suicide
        • 023. Race
        • 024. Gender
        • 025. Circumcision
        • 026. Pain
        • 027. Mental health
        • 028. Eugenics
        • 029. Replicability of medical studies
        • 030. Extinction
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        Self & Others
        • 031. Self
        • 032. Body/modification
        • 033. Body/art
        • 034. Fear
        • 035. Body/politics
        • 036. Cities
        • 037. Antinatalism
        • 038. Others
        • 039. Michigan
        • 040. Love
        • 041. Overpopulation
        • 042. Public health
        • 043. Solitude
        • 044. Responsibility
        • 045. History
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        • 046. The theory of mind
        • 047. Artificial intelligence
        • 048. Artificial parts
        • 049. Dia de los Muertos
        • 050. Democracy
        • 051. The coming administration
        • 052. Annihilation
        • 053. The madness of crowds
        • 054. Population control
        • 055. Sex
        • 056. Artificial life
        • 057. Infection
        • 058. Accidents
        • 059. Virtual reality
        • 060. Abdication
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        Inward, Outward
        • 061. Idea(l)s
        • 062. War
        • 063. (Dis)(ability)
        • 064. Disgust
        • 065. Disenfranchisement
        • 066. Meat
        • 067. Loss
        • 068. Discovery
        • 069. Boundaries
        • 070. Consent
        • 071. Creation
        • 072. Cycles
        • 073. Addiction
        • 074. Recognition
        • 075. Redemption
      • Year 6 (2022 – 2023):
        Faith
        • 076. Reason
        • 077. Pseudoscience
        • 078. The causes and cures of cancer
        • 079. Brains in vats
        • 080. Religion
        • 081. Charity
        • 082. Doubt
        • 083. Truth
        • 084. Lies
        • 085. Emotion
        • 086. Evolution
        • 087. Intuition
        • 088. Advocacy
        • 089. Regression
        • 090. Solace
      • Year 7 (2023 – 2024):
        Condition(s)
        • 091. The human condition
        • 092. Birth
        • 093. Trauma
        • 094. Cadavers
        • 095. Corporations
        • 096. Aging
        • 097. Sadness
        • 098. Happiness
        • 099. Randomness
        • 100. Empathy
        • 101. Obligation
        • 102. Virtue
        • 103. Absurdity
        • 104. Repetition
        • 105. The biomedical condition
    • Bioethical Lunches
    • Biodebatable
    • Universal Healthcare Group
    • Members
    • Questions to ponder
  • Incidental Art
    • Philosophies
      • A philosophy of teaching
      • A philosophy of body IV
      • A philosophy of biotechnology
      • A philosophy of biomedical instrumentation and design
      • A philosophy of circuits and systems in biomedical engineering
      • A philosophy of engineering
      • A philosophy of biotechnology II
      • A philosophy of biomedical engineering laboratories
      • A philosophy of biomedical instrumentation and design II
      • A philosophy of circuits, systems, and signals in biomedical engineering
      • A philosophy of (bio)mechanics
      • A philosophy of biotechnology III
      • Philosophies of biomedical instrumentation, or, A panopticon, a pandemic
      • Love in the time of COVID-19: A philosophy of circuits and systems in biomedical engineering
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