Would be thankful for help, I'm new here. I am 50 years old and smoked for 35 years. Had a CT and it show emphysema. Had a PFT but my Consultant was not very helpful. Could someone please help me understand my PFT results and do I have emphysema and what stage. The PFT reads as follows:
Spiromentry. Pred. Obs. %Pred
FEV1. 3.74. 3.93. 104.9
FVC. 4.73. 5.28. 111.6
FEV1%F. 79.35. 74.41. 93.8
MFEF. 3.45. 2.70. 78.3
PEF. 8.68. 12.14. 139.8
Lung Function
TLC. 6.82. 7.34. 107.6
VC. 4.56. 5.33. 116.7
FRCpl. 3.43. 4.21. 122.7
IC. 3.28. 3.13. 95.5
ERV. 1.28. 2.19. 171.0
RV. 2.15. 2.02. 93.8
RV%TLC. 33.46. 27.47. 82.1
sRaw. 12.00. 9.79. 81.6
Diffusion
DLCO_SB. 29.86. 22.84. 76.5
DLCOcSB. 29.86. 22.84. 76.5
VA_SB. 6.67. 7.02. 105.3
KCO_SB. 4.38. 3.25. 74.3
KCOc_SB. 4.38. 3.25. 74.3
VIN_SB. 4.56. 5.14. 112.6
Thanking you all in advance.