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What causes someone to fail a pft?

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Dr. John Chiu answered

Bad lung: You can fail a lung function test from the lungs being too small (from disease) or too obstruction. Some people fail it because they cannot perform the test optimally

Dr Mutnick agreed

Answered 9/28/2016

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