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Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) measures various lung capacities and flow rates, including FVC, FEV1, and PEFR, to diagnose obstructive and restrictive lung diseases. The FEV1/FVC ratio is critical for differentiating between these conditions, with values below 70% indicating obstruction and above 80% suggesting restriction. An increase in FEV1 after bronchodilator use may indicate asthma due to its reversibility.

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PFT

Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) measures various lung capacities and flow rates, including FVC, FEV1, and PEFR, to diagnose obstructive and restrictive lung diseases. The FEV1/FVC ratio is critical for differentiating between these conditions, with values below 70% indicating obstruction and above 80% suggesting restriction. An increase in FEV1 after bronchodilator use may indicate asthma due to its reversibility.

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PFT

Pulmonary Function Testing:


• FVC - Forced Vital Capacity – Liters - diagnosis of obstructive and restrictive
diseases.
• FEV1 - Forced Expiratory Volume in One Second – obstructive/restrictive
diseases.
• FEV1/FVC - FEV1 Percent (FEV1%) - it indicates what percentage of the total
FVC was expelled from the lungs during the first second of forced exhalation.
critically important in differentiating obstructive from restrictive diseases.
• FEV3 - Forced Expiratory Volume in Three Seconds – equal to FVC in normal.
• FEV3/FVC - FEV3% - normal is 1 or 100%
• PEFR - Peak Expiratory Flow Rate - this is maximum flow rate achieved by the
patient. For monitoring response to treatment.
• FEF - Forced Expiratory Flow - is a measure of how much air can be expired
from the lungs (liters/second or liters/minute). The FVC expiratory curve is
divided into quartiles and therefore there is a FEF that exists for each quartile.
The quartiles are expressed as FEF25%, FEF50%, and FEF75% of FVC.
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PFT: interpretation:
Check FVC & FEV1 – normal  normal PFT
• If FVC and/or FEV1 are low - Pathology.
• Check FEV1/FVC ratio:
• FEV1/FVC% (<70%) - Obstructive.
• FEV1 /FEVC% (>80%)- Restrictive.
• An improvement in FEV1 of 200ml or more after bronchodilator
suggests versibility  Asthma.

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