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PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS (PFTS) EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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Reasons to perform PFT - ANS 1. Dx obstructive or restrictive disease. 2. Evaluate causes of dyspnea 3. Assess severity of disease 4. Evauate effectiveness of tx 5. Estimate prognosis in lung disease (staging) Normal PFT values based on: - ANS Gender, Age, *Height, (Body size) (Race) PFT - ANS indentifies deviations from normal predicted values Normal PFT - ANS 80-120% of predicted values Mild PFT - ANS 65-80% of predicted values Moderate PFT - ANS 50-64% of predicted values Severe PFT - ANS < 50 % of predicted values Tidal Volume (VT) - ANS volume of gas (air) that moves in and out of lungs in one average breath

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PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS (PFTS)
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS



Reasons to perform PFT - ANS 1. Dx obstructive or restrictive disease.
2. Evaluate causes of dyspnea
3. Assess severity of disease
4. Evauate effectiveness of tx
5. Estimate prognosis in lung disease (staging)



Normal PFT values based on: - ANS Gender, Age, *Height, (Body size) (Race)



PFT - ANS indentifies deviations from normal predicted values



Normal PFT - ANS 80-120% of predicted values



Mild PFT - ANS 65-80% of predicted values



Moderate PFT - ANS 50-64% of predicted values



Severe PFT - ANS < 50 % of predicted values



Tidal Volume (VT) - ANS volume of gas (air) that moves in and out of lungs in one average
breath


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