Pulmonary function testing results on a patient with advanced fungal pneumonia will display all of the following EXCEPT:
a. increased ERV.
b. decreased IRV.
c. decreased IC.
d. decreased TLC.
A
RV will be decreased rather than increased. Because advanced fungal pneumonia causes a restrictive lung disease pattern, volumes and capacities will be decreased.
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