Obstructive lung diseases Quiz: Ace Your Exams

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A 58-year-old woman comes to the physician because of worsening shortness of breath and productive cough for the past year. The patient has not seen a physician in several years. She has smoked a pack of cigarettes daily for the past 45 years. Vital signs are within normal limits. Physical examination shows a thin woman who breathes through pursed-lip. Lung auscultation reveals diffuse wheezing bilaterally. Which of the following parameters is most likely to be increased in this patient?

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Lung compliance

Diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide

Forced vital capacity

Lung elastic recoil

Forced expiratory volume in one second