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The results of last month's pulmonary function test turned up on MyChart today; it apparently took this long for the raw data to get to the "reading physician." (So, the delay is not, as I thought weeks ago, a MyChart problem.)
"SPIROMETRY: Prebronchodilator measurements do not meet ATS criteria for acceptability or reproducibility. Postbronchodilator, FEV1 [forced expiratory volume)] is reduced without an obstructive pattern. The presence of bronchodilator responsiveness cannot be determined [because we couldn't get useful numbers before I used the inhaler].
"LUNG VOLUMES: Normal.
DIFFUSION CAPACITY: DLCO is normal. [per Wikipedia, DLCO is the extent to which oxygen passes from the air sacs of the lungs into the blood.]
"SUMMARY:
1. Normal lung volumes and diffusing capacity. Reduced FEV1 in postbronchodilator measurements.. See note above.
2. No prior PFT lab data for comparison."
"SPIROMETRY: Prebronchodilator measurements do not meet ATS criteria for acceptability or reproducibility. Postbronchodilator, FEV1 [forced expiratory volume)] is reduced without an obstructive pattern. The presence of bronchodilator responsiveness cannot be determined [because we couldn't get useful numbers before I used the inhaler].
"LUNG VOLUMES: Normal.
DIFFUSION CAPACITY: DLCO is normal. [per Wikipedia, DLCO is the extent to which oxygen passes from the air sacs of the lungs into the blood.]
"SUMMARY:
1. Normal lung volumes and diffusing capacity. Reduced FEV1 in postbronchodilator measurements.. See note above.
2. No prior PFT lab data for comparison."
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