FEV figures and meanings........

Saw the nurse at the Doctors today, 6 monthly COPD check........

FEV readings taken, noted first figure was .50 ( first seconds output I believe)

next figure was 1.56......... did not get any others..........

What can I deduce from these?

[hufferpuffer]

Hello Stree, not much I'm afraid but you could phone up and ask for a copy of your results...you can't be refused....they are yours..your results..no one else's..and you need it for your own records 😊 huff x

[Hidden in reply to hufferpuffer]

Why would I want a copy when I do not understand the format?

Happy for Doc to have the copies.

Just wondered what the figures indicated.

[O2Trees in reply to Hidden]

So that you could begin to learn about it??

It's not possible to say what the figures you've mentioned indicate as you don't say which test it is, and anyway no figures have any meaning unless they are given as a percentage of what would be the predicted normal for you at your age, weight and height. And someone could have the same figures as yours but they could mean something quite different if that person was much younger, heavier etc.

[Hidden]

Thank you 02, that clarifies the issue.

The test was the spirometry, the first figure was the amount expelled in the first second.............suppose/guess .50 means 1/2 litre of air expelled....

Not that important, I feel the same whether I understand the figures or not, they reflect me rather than me being influenced by them.

just being nosey I suppose.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

slideshare.net/ashrafeladaw... hi theres a bit of long listings on this link, so read through when you have time, dont think any of us really understand in long run, so there what they are numbers really in the end.

[O2Trees in reply to Hidden]

Spirometry covers quite a few different tests stree. When people say they have e.g. 33% lung function they usually mean the Fev1 (which is all the air you can blow out in one second). That's the one which is usually given first in the list and is shown both as a measurement in litres, and a percentage of what would be predicted if you had normal lungs.

Nothing nosey about wanting to know what your results mean, though people vary a lot as to how much they want to know, and how much notice they want to take of it. There's no right or wrong way to go