hello everyone! i just got the results of my spirometry. it says:
comments:
-spirometry result is of good quality based on standards set by the ATS-ERS
-fev1/fvc = normal
-fvc = normal
interpretation:
-no significant bronchodilator response
-normality of the parameter is based on the Morris-Polgar Equation
normal spirometry results
pls correlate clinically
fev1/fvc% = 76
fev1 pre-rx %pred 94
what does this mean?
THANK YOU!!!
Fev1/fvc is what they use to determine copd.
They say a ratio of 70% or less is copd yours was 76%.
Some say the lower percentile is a better predictor and that is 75% yours is 76%.
Your fev1 was 94% of predicted before the use of a bronchodilator. They say anything less than 80% is abnormal.
The best way to check for copd is a full lung function test not a spirometry what you have performed although it can be a good indicator. Some can have normal spirometry but full lung function gives other values which indicate copd or other diseases.
Its a full lung function test you need to push your gp for.
But good news is your spirometry looks normal.
thank you sooooo much ponkmonster!!! with what u have said, it seems to me that i should not really worry abt it!? god bless my friend!😊
Hi what does a full lung function test constitute please? I have mild/mod copd and never been offered one of these. x
Hello coughalot2. This explains what they involve artp.org.uk/en/patient/lung... Youd normally have them in the lung function lab at the hospital but I dont think theyre routinely done for mild/mod COPD unless you have complications or are taken into hospital. Robin
Very good link to explain all the basic tests Robinelll. Thanks - very helpul.
Oh that's great thank you Robin. x
spirometry test
Has anyone had a Spirometry test recently?
Spirometry and COPD/Emphysema. 
recently diagnosed mild COPD after spirometry
