Mrs. H is a pleasant 70yoa female who has had progressive SO…
Mrs. H is a pleasant 70yoa female who has had progressive SOB over the past few years. She currently struggles to walk more than 2 city blocks at a time and does not get out of the house often. The patient has a modest cough and brings up about 1 tsp of creamy sputum each morning. She is a current smoker and has smoked 2 packs of cigarettes per day since she was 20. Today is her first day in your pulmonary rehab program Looking at Mrs. H’s PFT results, was DLCO normal or abnormal? Pre-bronchodilator: FVC: 70% predicted FEV1: 24% predicted FEV1/FVC: 35% predicted TLC: 120% predicted Post Bronchodilator: FVC: 79% predicted; 12% change FEV1: 27% predicted; 14% change FEV1/FVC: 43% predicted; 23% change DLCO: 43% predicted
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