What are examples of pulmonary function effort dependent tests?
Spirometry: FEV/flow rates.
What are examples of pulmonary function effort independent tests?
Relaxed vital capacity -spirometry Helium/N2 washout static lung volumes Whole body plethysmography Impulse Oscillometry Exhaled breath nitric oxide
Gas diffusion tests?
CO transfer factor
ABGs
SaO2 during exercise
What might asthma spirometry show?
A low FEV1 and a normal FVC
What might COPD sprirometry show?
A low FEV1 and low FVC