I just had a PFT done today and my oxygen level was taken and read 94. What is considered normal level?
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90-100% sat is normal, if you used a saline soulution, did they call it a challange test? if they did they wre checking to se how reactive your airways were, the gold standard in diagnosing astham...\nyour doctor will determine the results and give you a regimin to help your breathing
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mine 80-120 is normal around 60 is too low for me
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if u mean TSH, this is you Thyroid Stimulating Hormone level.  77.3 would be an elevated level which indicates that your thyroid is underactive (hypothyroid) and causing more hormone to be released. This needs to be treated with thyroid hormone replacement.
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Not everybody runs at 98.6. It's normal to vary from that degree. You can be higher or lower. 98.6 is just an average. I run about 97.2. So at 98.6, I would actually be running a fever for me.
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94/70 is beyond healthy\n\n120/80 is normal (anything under is better say 110/70..etc)\n\nif it gets too low, then you have a problem. Considering you were nervous at the time, daang that is pretty good!\n\nI'm a teen myself, and when I'm calm i'm just about 120/80 though when i'm nervous and at the doctors i'll be like 127/85 etc..
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98.6 F is normal.  Anything above that is called a FEVER.
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if you are on the heavier side....meaning you have some extra weight on you than a high SGPT is normal.....the enzyme your body produces will be higher if you have some extra weight. \n\nYou should check out the articles on WEBMD.COM but I would not worry.....45-47 does not seem that high.
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at a rate of 91% on room air you need to be started on lo oxygen via nasal canula or non rebreather mask start the flow at 1 or 2 on the delivery dial dont go much higher as the lungs are now responding to the carbon dioxide levels not the oxygen levels. yes it is smart to have an o2 saturation meter
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Lavender gave you the key information you need, i.e., too much oxygen damages the body. Probably the best-known example of this is blindness in prematurely born infants due to breathing pure oxygen for extended periods (which is sometimes necessary to keep them alive). There are probably medical techniques available today to minimize this problem, but it has been a serious issue in past years (20 years ago in one example I am familiar with).\n\nHere is a bit more information about breathing pure oxygen, and some clarification of the comments from others.\n\nYou can breathe pure oxygen for short periods in order to recover from lack of oxygen (athletes do it, as do firemen who have inhaled smoke, for example).\n\nThe air we breathe at sea level is at a pressure of 14.7 psi, and 21% of it is oxygen. (78% is nitrogen, and most of the other 1% is argon.) If you take 21% of 14.7psi, you'll see that we are breathing oxygen at a pressure of about 3 psi.\n\nPilots and astronauts can breathe pure oxygen, but as Lavender points out, they breathe oxygen at a pressure lower than sea level air pressure. If their oxygen is delivered to them at 3 psi, then it is equivalent to the oxygen in our air at sea level. (And incidentally, the air we breathe is not much changed at elevations up to 5,000 or 10,000 feet. As a rule of thumb, you can notice the difference in air pressure (the difference in the availability of oxygen) when you get close to 10,000 feet of elevation. At 18,000 feet, the air pressure is about 50% of that at sea level. And after another 18,000 feet, the pressure at 36,000 feet is cut in half again, so it is about 25% of the sea level pressure.)
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Dissolved oxygen levels usually range from 6 to 14 mg/L. \n\nRemember, ambient temperature will have a significant impact on your readings, because the solubility of oxyden in water falls with a rise in temperature. So you'll need to take that into consideration while writing up your findings. \n\nI suggest that you take some readings at different times of the day, to establish a baseline. \n\nHope that helps.
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No.  It is high.  \n\nYour top number should be 120 or less.  Anything between 120 and 140 is "borderline" high.  Yours is above that, so you are high.  Your bottom number should preferably be 80 or below.  Up to 90 is borderline.  Again, you are above that.\n\nBut one test doesn't prove anything.  People vary from day to day and from time to time within a day.  Several readings are necessary before your doctor can make any diagnosis or recommend any treatment.  \n\nIt is also important to get your blood pressure taken by a professional.  Don't rely on the machines you find in drug stores and supermarkets.  If your reading of 148/96 did not come from a doctor or nurse's blood pressure meter, then it is time to get an accurate reading before you start to worry too much.\n\nGood luck.  Hi blood pressure  is a funny thing.  It doesn't hurt, so it is easy to ignore or even forget about entirely.  But it can *kill* you just the same.  On the other hand, treating it is usually fairly easy, assuming you get to it before it does any damage to your heart, your eyes, or your kidneys.  So don't wait around.  See a doctor.  Good luck!!
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yep, a low normal 60-80 is normal with anything under 50 slow and anything above 100 fast
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Glycated Hb estimation,B.P.chek,and Exercise tolerance(treadmill)tests.If you are between 40 and 60 test your "BREATH HOLDING CAPACITY".After taking a deep breath Hold your BREATH,and observe the time (in seconds) you can hold your breath. 60/Age in minutes is normal.If you are 40 , 60/40 minutes ie 90 seconds is normal.This simple test indirectly speaks about your stamina and correlates well with treadmill test.Not useful in smokers /otherwise sick/pregnant women.
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well, i don't know  where to find a quiz, however i am a respiratory therapist and use these everyday\n\nhere are some ideas\nokay normal ph in your body is 7.35-7.45 <7.4 is acidic, and >7.4 is basic (alkalotic)\n\nthink of hco3 (bicarb) your buffer, it raises the ph\n\nthink of co2 acidic.. it lowers the ph\n\no2 levels are normal if they are >80 (remember copd pts will have 50's and that will be normal\n\nok... \nexample 7.30ph, 55 pco2, 80 po2, and 29 hco3\nthat is an acidic ph.. its acidic because the person isn't blowing off co2, the normal co2 is 35-45, its 55\n\nthe hco3 isn't raised up high enough to buffer the acidity.. so the blood gas is uncompensated, meaning the hco3 and co2 will usually compensate for one another.\n\nthis gas is an u ncompensated respiratory acidosis, with normal oxygenation\n\nnext gas 7.38ph, pco2 is 50, hco3 is 40, and po2 is 50\nthis is a normal ph, with elevated pco2, the ph is an acidic ph.. however in normal level, notice the hco3 is elevated.. it compensated for the raised co2\nalso notice the po2 this is normal for co2 retainers (copd patients). \n\nthis gas is a compensated respiratory acidosis with hypozemia (however normal for the copd patient)\n\nokay next gas\n7.50ph, with 35pco2, hco3 42 po2 is 70\nthis is an uncompensated metabolic alkalosis.. the  pco2 is normal.. not compensating..\n\nnext gas 7.20ph, 5 pco2, hco3 10\nthis is an partialy compensated metabolic acidosis.. meaning that the pco2 is trying to make up for the loss of bicarb.. this is a blood gas that you will find with a diabetic keto acidosis patient.\n\nnext gas 7.48ph, pco2 25 hco3 20\nthis is a gas that is uncpmpensatted respiratory alkalosis.. t his patient might have a respiratory ailment that is causing them to hyperventalate... blowing off too much co2\n\nthe hco3 will trend down to compensate\ni hope this helped
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The lab values you have given are not that far off from normal.  Don't jump the gun thinking you have something majorly wrong, talk to your doc!!!
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normal can be 140-170/min
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I think both your answers are right. \n\nAccording to my books, normal values are pH = 7.4, PCO2 = 40mm Hg, and HCO3 = 24 mM.\n\nRespiratory acidosis: pH < 7.4, CO2 too high\nMetabolic acidosis: pH < 7.4, HCO3 too low\n\nRespiratory alkalosis: pH > 7.4, CO2 too low\nMetabolic alkalosis: pH > 7.4, HCO3 too high\n\nSo the way I figure out these problems is first to look at the pH. Even if compensated, it will never get back to normal so it should tell you right away if it's acidosis vs alkalosis. \n\nThen look at both the PCO2 and HCO3. Are they both above normal, below normal, or is one above and the other below? If one is above and the other below, then it means that the state is uncompensated and it should be easy to figure out the cause.\n\nIf they are both either below or above normal, then you have to look at either CO2 or HCO3 more closely. I usually like to concentrate on HCO3, but it really doesn't matter which one you want to look at. \n\nSo looking at your problem 1 for example, pH - 7.63 tells me its alkalosis. Both CO2 and HCO3 levels are lower than normal, so I know it's being compensated for. From what I know about alkalosis, it's either caused by low C02 or high HCO3. Since HCO3 is low in this case yet the blood pH is basic, I know it can't be the cause of the alkalosis. CO2 however looks to fit into the model, so HCO3 must be compensating.\n\nAnyway, hope this makes sense, kinda hard to explain completely in a post.