Asthma Quiz: Ace Your Exams

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A 29-year-old man presents to the primary care clinic due to two months of mild intermittent dyspnea and dry cough. The patient was diagnosed with mild intermittent asthma as a child based on symptoms and used to use an albuterol inhaler when playing outside or playing sports. The patient has not used an inhaler in ten years. Vital signs are within normal limits. Lung auscultation demonstrates diffuse wheezing and decreased air movement bilaterally. Serum white blood cell count is 7,000/mm³, and hemoglobin is 14.5 g/dL. Which pulmonary function test (PFT) findings would most likely be found in this patient?

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Flattened flow-volume loop in inspiration and expiration

DLCO of 75% with normal PFTs

DLCO of 110% with normal PFTs

Decrease in FEV₁ following methacholine administration

Increase in FEV₁ from 400 mL to 420 mL following albuterol administration