Pletismografía pulmonar - Results

Nombres alternativos

Pletismografía pulmonar; Determinación del volumen pulmonar estático; Pletismografía del cuerpo entero

Valores normales:

Los valores normales dependen de su edad, estatura, antecedentes étnicos y sexo.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Los resultados anormales apuntan hacia un problema en los pulmones, el cual puede deberse a una degradación de la estructura pulmonar, un problema con la pared torácica y sus músculos o a una incapacidad de los pulmones para expandirse o contraerse (vaciarse).

Con la pletismografía pulmonar, no se encontrará la causa del problema; sin embargo, le ayudará al médico a reducir la lista de posibles problemas.

Reviewed last on: 9/15/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Hegewald MJ, Crapo RO. Pulmonary function testing. In: Mason RJ, Broaddus VC, Martin TR, et al, eds. Murray and Nadel’sTextbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 24.

Reynolds HY. Respiratory structure and function: mechanisms and testing. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 85.

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