Advanced PFT Testing Questions with Correct Answers

Advanced PFT Testing Questions with Correct Answers Evaluating symptoms and screening those at risk for lung diseases are: - ANSWER Diagnostic indications Peak expiratory flow rate devices measure the: - ANSWER Velocity or speed of exhalation What type of spirometer directly measures volume? - ANSWER Volume displacing spirometer When should PFT testing be terminated? - ANSWER After 8 attempts with no reproducible tracings All would contraindicate a PFT EXCEPT: - ANSWER Smoking with the past 8 hours Which of the following are the primary values that are used to identify predicted normals for patients in regards to spirographic measurements? - ANSWER I. Age IV. Height V. Gender A patient has a chronic cough of moderate amounts of thick secretions and has had multiple attacks of bronchitis that add up to about 3 months of sickness over the last few years. Which of the following exams would validate the diagnosis of COPD? - ANSWER PFTs In a patient with an obstructive lung disease, which of the following values would be decreased? - ANSWER FEV1/FVC Which of the following capacities is the maneuver used during simple spirometry to indicate restrictive or obstructive patterns? - ANSWER FVC