# What do these results mean?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-results-mean/715080>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 15, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-results-mean/715080 "2015-03-15T23:30:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArztWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@ArztWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArztWolf)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-results-mean/715080/1 "2015-03-15T23:30:05Z")

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I had a pulmonary function test done on Friday and am waiting for a Dr to review the results (using a military hospital so that could take awhile). They gave me a printout with no explanations for what any of it means. It’s a personal copy, Dr gets it emailed to him.

Here are the one’s that concern me, they are in red with asterisks next to them.  
FIF 50% (L/sec) 4.60 \*6.87 \*149  
Raw(cmH2O/L/s) 1.86 \*0.96 \*51

I have been having intermittant fatigue with chest pain, back pain, shortness of breath and tingling/weakness in my extermities. Previous (within a month) chest xrays came back clear, bloodwork was normal, and no wheezing, crackling or anything heard upon osculation. BP is low normal.

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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-results-mean/715080/2 "2015-03-15T23:33:58Z")

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Your post will get moved, probably to IMHO. So I reported it.

All I can suggest is: get another opinion (from another doctor)

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-results-mean/715080/3 "2015-03-15T23:55:00Z")

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**Moderator Action**

Moving thread from General Questions to In My Humble Opinion.