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Lung capacity
I went to the doctor today and I took a pulmonary test, the nurse seemed shocked with my results. I was reading the machine and it was reading a green bar with an increasing percentage rate eventually reaching over 7000%. We tried the test 5 times each time reaching well over 6800%. Is this normal? Is it extraordinary? Are there different versions of this test?
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Yes there are many different formats (manouvers) and a number of parameters of the test. It also depends on machine calibration, technician expertise and patients compliance with the technicians instructions.
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you can repeat it at a different laboratory to reconfirm the results
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may consult your Pulmonologist for a better explanation and correlation with your condition
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