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  Actual/Measured Predicted % of Predicted FVC 2.50 3.00 83 % FEV 1.0 2.25 2.95 76 % FEV 1% 90 % 98 %   Diagnose the patient based on the above PFT results.

Which of the following are considered specific purposes of a PFT? I.    To quantify changes in the degree of pulmonary function and impairment II.    Epidemiological surveillance for pulmonary risk III.   Assessment of preoperative pulmonary risk IV.   To aid in the determination of pulmonary disability V.    To evaluate and quantify therapeutic effectiveness

  Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 FVC 4.6 L 4.4 L 4.6 L FEV1 4.2 L 4.1 L 4.1 L FEV1 % 91% 93% 90% Which trial would you consider the “Best Test”?

A Respiratory Therapist is performing spirometry on a patient. How close to each other do the test results for a forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in 1 second need to be in order for them to be considered accurate?

The FEV 1 is the best PFT result used to differentiate between restrictive and obstructive lung disease?

What is the functional significance of the axon hillock?

AES is the name of

 Assume that Alice is communicating with Bob with a secret key (KAlice-Bob) and R is a random number generated by Bob given to Alice. Alice has returned KAlice-Bob{R} (to encrypt R with the key ) to Bob. What is a better way to establish session key when secret key based authentication is used?

Which of the following is the most accurate instruction to provide at patient when attempting to obtain a Forced Vital Capacity?

Match the clinical imbalance with its description