Top 10 spirometry errors and mistakes
A couple of days ago my medical director and I had a short discussion about teaching pulmonary fellows to read PFTs and agreed that in order to be good at interpreting PFTs it isn’t the basic…
Month September 2016
Which DLCO should be reported?
I like to think my lab is better than most but every so often something comes along that makes me realize I’m probably only fooling my self. Earlier this week I was reviewing the DLCO test da…
When is a change in FVC significant?
Most of the COPD patients that are seen in my lab tend to have little change in their FEV1 from visit to visit but their FVC often changes significantly. A change in FVC is usually related to how l…
Six-Minute Walk with Helium-Oxygen
We recently performed a 6-minute walk test with helium-oxygen (heliox) for a patient of one of the physicians that specializes in airway stenting. His reasons for the test weren’t particularl…