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Abnormal pulmonary function test results
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
What's the question?: As much as we'd like to, nobody here can advise you without our knowing what's troubling you, what your symptoms and signs are, and what you've been t... Read More
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Dr. Amrita Dosanjhanswered
Pediatric Allergy and Asthma 38 years experience
Ask for copy report: I would suggest reviewing them with your physician and asking for the report interpretation after taking the test.
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: The test doesn't take to long to perform and interpret.
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Dr. William Walshanswered
Addiction Medicine 19 years experience
Yes, good: Pfts can be read in minutes, and take 10-30 minutes to perform. If you get them just prior to your visit, bring them and your pulmonologist can read... Read More
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Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Maybe...: The pulmonary function test is performed by a respiratory therapist (usually) and then a pulmonologist interprets the test and sends the result to yo... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Chiuanswered
Allergy and Immunology 59 years experience
100% of predicted: A good one would be one as close to normal as possible. Too low a dlco/va means that there is likely an air-transfer blockage. Too high may point to... Read More
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4.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Dr. Michael Sandersanswered
Pulmonology 18 years experience
See below: A normal DLCO on a PFT is between 80 and 120% of predicted.
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Chiuanswered
Allergy and Immunology 59 years experience
Can only guess: That the quality was fair likely meaning that your efforts were not sufficient in performing the test.
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4.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 35-year-old female asked:
A Verified Doctoranswered
16 years experience
Possible obstruction: This particular test can detect a very early obstruction to the airflow (seen in diseases such as asthma/emphysema etc...)
However there are people... Read More
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4.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Adleranswered
Pediatric Critical Care 26 years experience
Pulmonary function: Pulmonary function testing generally requires a person to sit in a booth and breathe through a mouthpiece. A machine analyzes the flow and volume of a... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
PFT...: Pulmonary function tests are tests that measure your respiratory functioning. They will show if you have obstructive or restrictive lung disease as we... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gary Mossanswered
31 years experience
Test for asthma: It involves blowing into a tube which is connected to a computer. It measures a number of variables of airflow. Often, after getting a baseline, we ... Read More
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5.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Adleranswered
Pediatric Critical Care 26 years experience
Pulmonary function: Pulmonary function testing generally requires a person to sit in a booth and breathe through a mouthpiece. A machine analyzes the flow and volume of a... Read More
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5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Keith Diazanswered
19 years experience
PFT: This test can be highly variable. The quality of the test can depend on several things. The patient performing the test has to really give it a good... Read More
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