PFTsExpiration solid · inspiration dashedSynthetic illustration
Two diseases in one report
advancedA 72-year-old shipyard worker with fifty pack-years and pleural plaques on his radiograph, breathless for two years.
Pulmonary function
FEV10.90L32% pred
FVC1.60L41% pred
FEV1/FVC56%
TLC62% pred
RV88% pred
DLCO38% pred
Interpretation here uses the common teaching thresholds (0.70 ratio, 80% predicted); formal reports use lower limits of normal.
Flow-volume loop