Selecting the FEV1
A patient has produced 3 flow-volume curves. Which FEV1 do you select to assess the patient’s lung function?
- The largest
of these 3.
- The FEV1 of the most representative flow-volume curve.
- The FEV1 of the flow-volume curve with the largest sum of FEV1 and FVC.
- None of the above is correct.
- You just do not know.