I had an appointment for an exacerbation on Monday. I've been given some oral antibiotics and should be good to go in a few days, I hope.
But my question stems from my PFT. The doctor's office used to have my predicted FEV1 at 3.19L. I noticed everytime I went to clinc my predicted was lower, 2.99L. (but this made my percentage higher, so I wasn't complaining, it made me look better!)
On Monday I went in and mentioned this to my doctor and she said "hold on a minute, we're supposed to use a new calculation so our results are the most standard with the rest of the country according to...." And I didn't catch who she was talking about. I think she said CF Foundation, but I'm not sure. Anyone else have a clinic doing this?
Regardles, my "new" predicted is a mere 2.74L. That seems oddly low, doesn't it? In my exacrerbated state I only blow 1.3L. That is pretty low for me. 1.5 is about my baseline.
Here are my stats:
Female
5'4" tall
115lbs
I don't smoke
I'm 31 years old.
Gosh, that felt like I was writing an add for the personals. lol Anyway, does anyone have similar stats that I can compare your predicted FEV1? I google the crap out of this topic and couldn't find any type of chart or calculation as to how the predicted is, well, predicted!
If you respond with your predicted, please respond with your age, height, weight and sex.
Thanks in advance!
But my question stems from my PFT. The doctor's office used to have my predicted FEV1 at 3.19L. I noticed everytime I went to clinc my predicted was lower, 2.99L. (but this made my percentage higher, so I wasn't complaining, it made me look better!)
On Monday I went in and mentioned this to my doctor and she said "hold on a minute, we're supposed to use a new calculation so our results are the most standard with the rest of the country according to...." And I didn't catch who she was talking about. I think she said CF Foundation, but I'm not sure. Anyone else have a clinic doing this?
Regardles, my "new" predicted is a mere 2.74L. That seems oddly low, doesn't it? In my exacrerbated state I only blow 1.3L. That is pretty low for me. 1.5 is about my baseline.
Here are my stats:
Female
5'4" tall
115lbs
I don't smoke
I'm 31 years old.
Gosh, that felt like I was writing an add for the personals. lol Anyway, does anyone have similar stats that I can compare your predicted FEV1? I google the crap out of this topic and couldn't find any type of chart or calculation as to how the predicted is, well, predicted!
If you respond with your predicted, please respond with your age, height, weight and sex.
Thanks in advance!