Mrs. H is a pleasant 70yoa female who has had progressive SO…
Mrs. H is a pleasant 70yoa female who has had progressive SOB over the past few years. She currently struggles to walk more than 2 city blocks at a time and does not get out of the house often. The patient has a modest cough and brings up about 1 tsp of creamy sputum each morning. She is a current smoker and has smoked 2 packs of cigarettes per day since she was 20. Today is her first day in your pulmonary rehab program Looking at Mrs. H’s PFT results, is the FEV1/FVC ratio normal or abnormal? Pre-bronchodilator: FVC: 70% predicted FEV1: 24% predicted FEV1/FVC: 35% predicted TLC: 120% predicted Post Bronchodilator: FVC: 79% predicted; 12% change FEV1: 27% predicted; 14% change FEV1/FVC: 43% predicted; 23% change DLCO: 43% predicted