Pulmonary function test | Spirometry | obstructive vs restrictive disease | | Respiratory Physiology

Get the Med Madness Full Human Histology Course exclusively for Medical students, Click on this link and grab the offer ! https://www.udemy.com/course/histolog... Watch a new Medical video every week! Like, Share and Subscribe Med Madness. Thank you for all your Support. Summary: 1. The PFT is used to differentiate between obstructive and restrictive disease of lung 2. remember in obstruction diseases like asthma, COPD etc there is increase in the volume of lung due to air trap and FEV1 is very much decreased than FVC, so the ratio is decreased 3. in restriction diseases like fibrosis, there is decrease in volume of lung, FVC is very much decreased than FEV1, so the ratio is normal or increased learn about lung volume and capacity here    • lung volumes and capacities | spirometry| ...   'MedMadness Human Histology course' work under progress. Link will be updated here very soon Reference : Guyton international edition 13e Image source : Wikipedia/Public domain credits : Bensound.com, Canva.com Get a strong basics in your Medical career ! Follow Med Madness here ! Instagram.com/med_madness Facebook.com/medmadness [email protected]