ILOs
- Patterns of spirometry in obstructive and restrictive lung disease
- Knowledge of different aspects of lung function testing
- Analysis of arterial blood gases in a respiratory patient
- Basic understanding of gas exchange abnormality and causes of hypoxaemia
- Why do we measure lung function?
- What can we measure to determine lung function?
- What is spirometry?
- What can the pitfalls be with spirometry?
- Here’s a graph showing us the measurements of spirometry…
- What does the time/volume plot measure?
- What is the flow/volume loop?
- How do we match up reference ranges with actual values?
- What is obstructive lung disease, and how is it characterised by spirometry?
- Looking at COPD in spirometry…
- What happens in reversibility testing?
- Which other investigations can we carry out for asthma?
- How is restrictive lung disease characterised in spirometry?
- What can cause restrictive spirometry?