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Pulmonary Function Tests. Eloise Harman. Symptoms of Lung Disease. Cough, productive or unproductive Increased sensitivity to odors and irritants Pleuritic chest pain Shortness of breath on exertion Wheezing and chest tightness. Assessing Lung Symptoms. Physical examination - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Pulmonary Function Tests
Eloise Harman
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Symptoms of Lung Disease
• Cough, productive or unproductive
• Increased sensitivity to odors and irritants
• Pleuritic chest pain
• Shortness of breath on exertion
• Wheezing and chest tightness
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Assessing Lung Symptoms
• Physical examination
• Radiographic studies-CXR and Chest CT
• Pulmonary function studies-provide an objective assessment of lung function and help to determine whether dyspnea is caused by lung disease or other causes
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CASE
• A 60 year old woman with a 50 pack year history of smoking presents with a two month history of shortness of breath on exertion. She has a morning cough productive of yellow sputum
• Physical examination: Chest has an increased AP diameter, lungs are hyper-resonant to percussion and breath sounds are diminished. Scattered expiratory wheezes are noted on auscultation
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Chest X-ray
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• Diagnosis: Emphysema
• How severe? What is the prognosis
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• This is where PFT’s are helpful
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Types of Pulmonary Functions
• Spirometry
• Lung volumes
• Diffusing capacity
• Arterial blood gases
• Challenge tests (tests of airway reactivity)
• Exercise testing
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Spirometry
FEV1
FVC
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Spirometry
• FVC: Volume of air forceably exhaled after deep inspiration
• FEV1:Volume exhaled in the first second• FEV1/FVC ratio-defines obstruction• PEFR-peak rate of airflow in liters per
minute during forced exhalation• FEF 25-75: flow rate over the mid-portion
of the exhalation curve
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Interpreting Spirometry
• Normal (predicted) values have been defined for large populations and are based upon sex, age, height and race.
• Spirometric values are expressed as percent of predicted
• Generally >80% of predicted is normal, 60-79 is mildly reduced, 40-59% moderately reduced and <40% severe
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Spirometry Curves
Volume/Time Flow/volume
Expiration
InspirationInspiration
FEV!FEV1
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Two General Patterns
• Obstructive: Cannot get the air out because airways collapse on expiration, lungs are hyperinflated because gas is trapped
• Restrictive disease: Can’t get the volume in because lungs are scarred or infiltrated or muscles are weak. Characterized by decreased lung volumes
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Flow/Volume Loops
Normal RestrictiveObstructive
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Obstructive Diseases
• Asthma-an airway disease characterized by reversible inflammation and bronchoconstriction
• Chronic bronchitis-chronic cough and sputum production usually in smokers
• Emphysema-an airway disease that leads to destruction of alveoli, gas trapping. May have component of bronchospasm but never completely reversible
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Spirometry in Obstructive Disease
• Normal or decreased FVC• Reduced FEV1/FVC ratio-less than 75%
indicates obstruction• The severity of obstruction is defined by the
decrease in FEV1.• An FEV1 of less than one liter is associated with
disabling dyspnea• We look for whether the obstruction is reversible
by administering bronchodilator and repeating the test
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Emphysematous Lung
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Asthma: Definition
• Reversible Airway Obstruction: Defined by decreased FEV1/FVC ratio and at least 12% improvement in FEV1 post bronchodilator
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Spirometry
Pre-bronchodilator
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Asthma: More Advanced Definitions
• Cough variant (cough rather than wheeze): decreased FEF 25-75 with 20% improvement post bd
• RADS: Normal spirometry but increased airway reactivity defined by a challenge with methacholine or histamine
• Exercise asthma: occurs after exercise. May have normal function at rest
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Airway Reactivity
• An objective measurement of increased sensitivity to odors and irritants
• Determined by serially measuring spirometry after gradually increasing inhaled doses of methacholine or histamine
• More sensitive than spirometry, may be abnormal during asymptomatic periods
• If you don’t have increased airway reactivity, you don’t have asthma
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Restrictive Disease
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Restrictive Diseases
• Interstitial lung disease: pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary edema, interstitial pneumonias
• Neuromuscular weakness: myasthenia gravis, ALS, diaphragm paralysis
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Interstitial Lung Disease
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Obstructive or restrictive?
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Spirometry in Restrictive Disease
• Decreased FVC and FEVI
• Normal FEV1/FVC ratio
• More advanced testing needed to completely define:lung volumes and diffusing capacity measurements
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Lung volumes
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Lung Volume Measurements
• Measured by dilutional techniques (helium dilution or nitrogen washout) or by displacement techniques in a body box
• The FRC is measured and then the other measurements are determined:
• TLC = inspiratory capacity + FRC
• RV= FRC – ERV (expiratory reserve volume)
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Lung volumes
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Lung Volume Patterns
• Obstructive Disease: Characterized by hyperinflation and gas trapping (increased TLC and RV/TLC)
• Restrictive Disease: Characterized by generalized reduction in lung volume (decreased TLC, RV and FRC)
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Diffusing Capacity
• Oxygen diffuses from the alveolus into the pulmonary capillaries and is bound to hemoglobin.
• In the laboratory, CO, which also binds to hemoglobin, is used to measure diffusing ability by either a single breath test or rebreathing test.
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Normal Lung
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Interstitial Fibrosis
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Emphysematous Lung
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Diffusing Capacity in Disease
• In asthma, an airway disease, diffusion is normal
• In both interstitial lung disease and emphysema, diffusing capacity is decreased
• Clinically, a reduced diffusing capacity is characterized by marked exertional dyspnea and exercise-induced decreases in oxygen
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Arterial Blood Gases
• Measurement of pH, pCO2 and pO2 on room air is often done along with spiro, lung volumes and diffusing capacity to help characterize the severity of disease
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MVV
• Maximal voluntary ventilation is a test which measures how many liters/ minute a person can breath with maximum effort
• It reflects the FEV1, muscle strength, motivation and ability to follow directions and therefore gives useful information, especially regarding operative risk
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Exercise Testing
• May be very helpful in evaluation of dyspnea, disability, operative risk and exercise asthma
• Exercise bronchoprovocation challenge looks at spirometry after exercise and is used to evaluate EIB
• Cardiopulmonary exercise testing looks at maximal oxygen consumption, anaerobic threshold, breathing reserve and other parameters which may help to define whether dyspnea is caused by deconditioning, cardiac or respiratory causes
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22 yo with DOE
• Pre-bronchodilator• FVC 4.0(80%)• FEV1 2.0 (66%)• FEV1/FVC 50%• MVV 70L (665)
• Post bd• FVC 4.2• FEV1 3.0 (100%)• FEV1/FVC 73%• MVV 105 L
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Interpretation
• Moderate obstructive ventilatory defect with bronchospasm, consistent with asthma
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Other Uses of Pulmonary Functions
• Evaluate disability
• Assess operative risk, particularly for lung resection
• Objectively assess effect of therapy
• Assess potential lung toxicity of therapy
• Evaluate for rejection in lung transplant
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Smoker’s Lung with Emphysema
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Emphysema on CT scan
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Normal Lung on CT
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Normal Flow Volume LOOP
Ex=
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Severe Obstruction
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Normal Lung X-ray