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What is Pulmonary (lung) Function Tests?

Pulmonary function tests evaluate how well lungs work to determine how much air lungs can hold (capacity), how quickly air moves in and out, and how well lungs put oxygen into and remove carbon dioxide from the blood.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Breathing difficulty 8 1 Efficacy_moderate
Asthma 3 0
Other 2 0
Cystic Fibrosis 2 0
lung capacity/volume 2 1 Efficacy_major
Wegener's granulomatosis 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 14 patients currently having Pulmonary (lung) Function Tests

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Pulmonary (lung) Function Tests

Hospitalization 3

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Pulmonary (lung) Function Tests

Always
 2 67%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 33%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Pulmonary (lung) Function Tests

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 3 100%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Pulmonary (lung) Function Tests

$200+
 1 100%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 24, 2012.