Rama Vancheeswaran FRCP MSc Immunol PhD Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust Learning objectives Different types of lung function tests Three major categories of diffuse lung disease Understand the various subdivisions of the lung volume ID: 1014284
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1. Spirometry and lung function testsRama Vancheeswaran , FRCP, MSc Immunol, PhDRoyal Free NHS Foundation Trust
2. Learning objectivesDifferent types of lung function testsThree major categories of diffuse lung diseaseUnderstand the various subdivisions of the lung volume
3. Purposes of Lung Function testsDiagnosis of symptomatic diseaseScreening for early asymptomatic diseasePrognostication of known diseaseMonitoring response to treatment
4. Types of lung disease based on lung function testsObstructive lung diseaseCOPDAsthmaBronchiectasisCystic FibrosisRestrictive lung diseaseInterstitial Lung DiseaseChest wall pathologyNeuromuscular diseaseObesityPulmonary Vascular DiseasePrimary pulmonary hypertensionChronic thromboembolic disease
5. Types of Lung function testsStandardSpirometry and flow volume loopsUse for obstructive and restrictive lung diseaseLung VolumesDLCOGood for vascular disease and interstitial lung diseaseSpecialised lung function tests blood gases, exercise oximetry, 6MWT, maximum inspiratory and expiratory pressures
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