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Pulmonary Function Testing Overview and
Interpretation Study Guide.
Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) - Answers✔Diagnostic tool to identify and assess severity of
pulmonary impairment.
Dynamic flow rates - Answers✔One of the three categories of pulmonary function tests.
Volumes and capacities - Answers✔One of the three categories of pulmonary function tests.
Ability to diffuse gases - Answers✔One of the three categories of pulmonary function tests.
Indications for PFTs - Answers✔Determine pulmonary disability, evaluate need and quantify
therapeutic effectiveness, identify and quantify changes in pulmonary function, perform
epidemiologic surveillance for pulmonary disease, assess patients for risk for postoperative
pulmonary complications.
Contraindications for PFTs - Answers✔Acute, unstable cardiopulmonary problems, nausea and
vomiting, recent cataract removal surgery, recent medications, impaired cognitive state.
Infection Control measures - Answers✔Hand hygiene, use of bacterial filters, use of disposable
equipment when available, proper cleaning and sterilization of non-disposable equipment, use
proper precautions when testing patients with superinfections, clean after every patient.
Sensitivity - Answers✔The test's ability to detect disease.
Specificity - Answers✔The test's ability to detect the absence of disease.
Validity - Answers✔Relates to the ability to accurately measure what the test intends to measure.
Reliability - Answers✔Refers to consistency with repetition.
Restrictive lung disease - Answers✔The reduction of lung volumes.
Obstructive Lung Disease - Answers✔Airflow in or out of the lungs is reduced.
Spirometry - Answers✔Performed to assess the ability of the lungs to move large volumes of air
quickly through the airways to identify airway obstructions.
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Pulmonary Function Testing Overview and
Interpretation Study Guide.
Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) - Answers✔Diagnostic tool to identify and assess severity of
pulmonary impairment.
Dynamic flow rates - Answers✔One of the three categories of pulmonary function tests.
Volumes and capacities - Answers✔One of the three categories of pulmonary function tests.
Ability to diffuse gases - Answers✔One of the three categories of pulmonary function tests.
Indications for PFTs - Answers✔Determine pulmonary disability, evaluate need and quantify
therapeutic effectiveness, identify and quantify changes in pulmonary function, perform
epidemiologic surveillance for pulmonary disease, assess patients for risk for postoperative
pulmonary complications.
Contraindications for PFTs - Answers✔Acute, unstable cardiopulmonary problems, nausea and
vomiting, recent cataract removal surgery, recent medications, impaired cognitive state.
Infection Control measures - Answers✔Hand hygiene, use of bacterial filters, use of disposable
equipment when available, proper cleaning and sterilization of non-disposable equipment, use
proper precautions when testing patients with superinfections, clean after every patient.
Sensitivity - Answers✔The test's ability to detect disease.
Specificity - Answers✔The test's ability to detect the absence of disease.
Validity - Answers✔Relates to the ability to accurately measure what the test intends to measure.
Reliability - Answers✔Refers to consistency with repetition.
Restrictive lung disease - Answers✔The reduction of lung volumes.
Obstructive Lung Disease - Answers✔Airflow in or out of the lungs is reduced.
Spirometry - Answers✔Performed to assess the ability of the lungs to move large volumes of air
quickly through the airways to identify airway obstructions.
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