The patient is a 52 year old Caucasian female, born on March 16 th . She is 5 fo

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The patient is a 52 year old Caucasian female, born on March 16th. She is 5 foot 2 inches and weighs 110 lbs. See her Spirogram below.

Note: if the graph is between two lines then consider it half way between. So anything between 5.4 and 5.6 is 5.5. Don’t try and be more precise.

Part A

Part complete

The FEV1 for this patient is: (Remember units)?

Part B

The Inspiration capacity was found to be….

Part C

Total lung capacity was found to be…..

Part D

If one, what is the disorder found?

Part E

Severity of disorder if present?

moderate reduction Normal reduction mild reduction Highlight- 1 Second Spirogram: 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.2 C) 3.8 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0

Explanation / Answer

Ans- A the FEV1 according to spirogram is 3.4- 1.0 i.e 2.4 litres.

Ans-B option A is correct i.e moderate reduction because the inspiration capacity in this case is 200 ml while normal capacity is 500 ml.

Ans-C option B is correct i.e. reduction

Because normal total lung capacity is 6 litre and in this case there is only 2.4 litre.

Ans-D option D is correct i.e. reductive lung disorder.

Ans-E option I is correct i.e. severe reduction.

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