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Review age, gender, smoking status, BMI, indication, flow-volume curves. Quality control. Three acceptable maneuvers with repeatable values: Two highest values of FVC and FEV1 should be within 150mL (100mL if FVC ≤ 1L)
Describe the clinical indications for pulmonary function testing. Understand the physiology of the core pulmonary function tests: spirometry, lung volumes and DLCO. Apply an organized approach to interpreting pulmonary function tests.
5 Ιουν 2012 · In this article we will provide an overview of basic pulmonary function tests and an algo-rithm for using and interpreting them, and then we use three cases to explain how to use these tests to identify the pattern of respirato-ry dysfunction, then make the diagnosis.
The first three editions of Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests were well received and met our goal of appealing to a wide, varied audience of health professionals.
Physicians can use the following stepwise approach to not only interpret PFTs from their office or a pulmonary function labora-tory, but also determine when to order fur-ther testing and how...
lung volumes. The sources of variation in lung function testing and technical aspects of spirometry, lung volume measurements and DL,CO measurement have been considered in other documents published in this series of Task Force reports [1–4] and in the American Thoracic Society (ATS) interpret-ative strategies document [5].
Interpreting results. Best of 3 consistent readings (FEV1 & FVC) Borderline normal results - repeat in few months to confirm diagnosis (especially > 75 years) Abnormality detected if any of following recorded: FEV1 <80% predicted normal. FVC <80% predicted normal.
