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A 48-year-old lady presents with increasing breathlessness and cough. This has been getting worse over the last year and she has had repeated chest infections over the last six months. She smoked 10 cigarettes a day until eight years ago. She has no known allergies. She works as a hairdresser. A chest x ray was reported as being normal. Pulmonary function testing demonstrated: FEV1 1.60 L (53% predicted) FVC 2.86 L (78% predicted) Total lung capacity 4.83 L (110% predicted) TLCO 6.63% (93% predicted) KCO 1.36 (120% predicted) What is the most likely diagnosis? (Please select 1 option) Asthma Chronic bronchitis Emphysema Obesity Pulmonary embolism
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:24:15 +0000

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