A patient who has had a recent pulmonary infection due to a…
A patient who has had a recent pulmonary infection due to a bacterial pneumonia has been sent by his physician to undergo a complete pulmonary function test (PFT). He states he is still coughing small amount of sputum and has not reached his full exertional capacity. Which of the following PFT findings would be expected if he still had some residual infection? I. increased FEV1 II. increased FVC III. decreased DLCO IV. decreased IC