A male patient has presented with the following results for spirometry and plasma Po2. What is your diagnosis? (Use your lecture notes to derive the normal range for these parameters. Also note that usually plasma O₂ is determined by saturation percentage, not Po2, but humour me here). Parameter Vital Capacity FEV₁ FVC Arterial Poz Venous Po2 Value 3560 ml 2110 ml 3120 ml 90 mmHg 35 mmHg O COPD O Pulmonary fibrosis O Pulmonary oedema O Methemoglobinaemia (causes a leftward shift in the oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve)
A male patient has presented with the following results for spirometry and plasma Po2. What is your diagnosis? (Use your lecture notes to derive the normal range for these parameters. Also note that usually plasma O₂ is determined by saturation percentage, not Po2, but humour me here). Parameter Vital Capacity FEV₁ FVC Arterial Poz Venous Po2 Value 3560 ml 2110 ml 3120 ml 90 mmHg 35 mmHg O COPD O Pulmonary fibrosis O Pulmonary oedema O Methemoglobinaemia (causes a leftward shift in the oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve)
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Transcribed Image Text:A male patient has presented with the following results for spirometry and plasma Po2. What is your diagnosis? (Use your lecture
notes to derive the normal range for these parameters. Also note that usually plasma O2 is determined by saturation percentage,
not Po2, but humour me here).
Parameter
Vital Capacity
FEV₁
FVC
Arterial Po2
Venous Po2
COPD
Value
3560 ml
2110 ml
3120 ml
90 mmHg
35 mmHg
Pulmonary fibrosis
O Pulmonary oedema
O Methemoglobinaemia (causes a leftward shift in the oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve)
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