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Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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Pulmonologist•Faridabad
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Pulmonary Function Tests or PFTs are a set of tests that are used to determine, measure or observe the functioning of the lungs. The most common pulmonary function tests used are spirometry, gas diffusion, and lung plethysmography.

Highlights of pulmonary function tests

A spirometry test is used to measure the amount of air inhaled and exhaled. It also measures the amount of time taken to complete a respiration cycle.
Lung plethysmography measures the amount of air in the l...more
Last Updated: 5 years ago• Featured Tip
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Pulmonologist•Navi Mumbai
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Lung function is a major indicator of health since it determines the amount of Oxygen that a body gets. Doctors resort to Pulmonary Function Tests if there is a problem with breathing or the lungs. Pulmonary tests give insight into how the lungs are functioning.

These tests measure parameters like lung capacity, lung volumes, gas exchange, rate of flow, etc.

Armed with information from these tests, the doctor can decide whether a person has some issues with the lungs or not, an...more
Last Updated: 5 years ago • Featured Quiz
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Pulmonologist•Pune
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Black lung disease actually causes the lungs to char and turn black in colour? True or False? Take this quiz to find out.
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Last Updated: 6 years ago • Featured Quiz
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Lung surgery may involve complete removal of a lung? True or false? Take this quiz to find out.
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General Physician•Mumbai
For pain take tablet paracetamol 650 mg and if necessary after clinical examination we should plan for its excision
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Asked for male, 19 years old from Thane
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General Physician•Alappuzha
YOur lung opacities need to be tested and treated . It can be a infection like pneumonia and you must get rid of it
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Last Updated: 6 years ago • Featured Quiz
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Pulmonologist•Faridabad
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Farmer s lung is a temporary disease and can be reversed. True or false. Take this quiz to find out.
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Asked for female, 32 years old from Amritsar
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Homeopath•Pune
X rays show a typical appearance in TB. So doctors can diagnose fairly accurately based on it. Many times the actual TB bacillus is not found because it is very slow growing organism. Doctors are correct in starting treatment. If it is limited to chest it takes around 6 months. If bone involved then it may take 18 months.
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General Physician•Mumbai
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High hb that is greater than 18 needs medical attention. Marginal increase. Slightly higher than 15.5 is normal.
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