Pulmonary Function Tests Flashcards

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What are examples of pulmonary function effort dependent tests?

A

Spirometry: FEV/flow rates.

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What are examples of pulmonary function effort independent tests?

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Relaxed vital capacity -spirometry
Helium/N2 washout static lung volumes
Whole body plethysmography
Impulse Oscillometry 
Exhaled breath nitric oxide
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Gas diffusion tests?

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CO transfer factor
ABGs
SaO2 during exercise

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What might asthma spirometry show?

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A low FEV1 and a normal FVC

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What might COPD sprirometry show?

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A low FEV1 and low FVC

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