The answer is blowing in the wind: a pedunculated tumour with saw tooth flow-volume loop

Intelligent management of pulmonary disease requires a fundamental understanding of the complex interrelationships between multiple elements that interact to maintain homeostasis in the respiratory system. This chapter discusses the physiologic basis for pulmonary function testing and the use of these tests to diagnose disease, quantitate functional impairments, and follow the effects of treatment. Figures illustrate the relationships between lung volume, airway conductance, and airway resistance; the relationship between forced expiratory volume and time (spirogram); the relationship between spirometry and maximum expiratory flow volume; dynamic airway compression; patterns of abnormalities seen on flow-volume curves; lung volumes and capacities; pressure-volume relationships in health and disease; and the clinical assessment of lung function. Tables list the capacities and volumes of gas contained in the lungs during various breathing maneuvers, conditions associated with alterations in diffusing capacity, and recommendations for tests for various clinical scenarios. This review contains 7 highly rendered figures, 3 tables, and 86 references.

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Pulmonary Function Testing

10.2310/fm.1257 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Maryl Kreider

Keyword(s):

Pulmonary Function ◽

Forced Expiratory Volume ◽

Pulmonary Function Testing ◽

Flow Volume ◽

Functional Impairments ◽

Clinical Scenarios ◽

Maximum Expiratory Flow ◽

Health And Disease ◽

The Relationship ◽

Function Testing

Intelligent management of pulmonary disease requires a fundamental understanding of the complex interrelationships between multiple elements that interact to maintain homeostasis in the respiratory system. This chapter discusses the physiologic basis for pulmonary function testing and the use of these tests to diagnose disease, quantitate functional impairments, and follow the effects of treatment. Figures illustrate the relationships between lung volume, airway conductance, and airway resistance; the relationship between forced expiratory volume and time (spirogram); the relationship between spirometry and maximum expiratory flow volume; dynamic airway compression; patterns of abnormalities seen on flow-volume curves; lung volumes and capacities; pressure-volume relationships in health and disease; and the clinical assessment of lung function. Tables list the capacities and volumes of gas contained in the lungs during various breathing maneuvers, conditions associated with alterations in diffusing capacity, and recommendations for tests for various clinical scenarios. This review contains 7 highly rendered figures, 3 tables, and 86 references.

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Pulmonary function testing as a diagnostic tool to assess respiratory health in bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms ◽

10.3354/dao03447 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 138 ◽

pp. 17-27

Author(s):

A Borque-Espinosa ◽

F Burgos ◽

S Dennison ◽

R Laughlin ◽

M Manley ◽

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Keyword(s):

Managed Care ◽

Pulmonary Function ◽

Diagnostic Tool ◽

Vital Capacity ◽

Respiratory Health ◽

Bottlenose Dolphins ◽

Pulmonary Function Testing ◽

Flow Volume ◽

Volume Relationship ◽

Function Testing

Pulmonary function testing was performed in 3 bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus (1 female and 2 males) under managed care during a 2 yr period to assess whether these data provide diagnostic information about respiratory health. Pulmonary radiographs and standard clinical testing were used to evaluate the pulmonary health of each dolphin. The female dolphin (F1) had evidence of chronic pulmonary fibrosis, and 1 male (M2) developed pneumonia during the study. Pulmonary function data were collected from maximal respiratory efforts in water and from spontaneous breaths while beached. From these data, the flow-volume relationship, the flow measured between 25 and 75% of the expired vital capacity (mid forced expiratory flow, FEF25%-75%), and the percent of the vital capacity (VC) at the peak expiratory flow (%VCPEF), were evaluated and compared with the diagnostic assessment. For maximal respiratory manoeuvres in water, there were no differences in FEF25%-75% or %VCPEF, and the flow-volume relationship showed a consistent pattern for F1. Additionally, FEF25%-75% and %VCPEF decreased by 27 and 52%, respectively, and the flow-volume relationship showed clear flow limitations with emerging disease in M2. While spontaneously breathing on land, M2 also showed a 49% decrease in %VCPEF and changes in the flow-volume relationship, indicating flow limitations following the development of pneumonia. Based on these preliminary results, we suggest that pulmonary function testing should be given more attention as a non-invasive and possibly adjunctive diagnostic tool to evaluate lung health of dolphins under managed care and in the wild.

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