Solved: Respiratory Physiology

Assignment 1C
A spirometer can be used to measure lung function. One form of spirometry (i.e. a vitalograph) can measure several parameters including ‘force vital capacity (FVC)’ and ‘forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1)’. The FEV1/FVC can reveal further details of the lung function. Please answer BOTH questions A and B below:
A) Describe how the FEV1/FVC is used to determine a patient’s lung function and briefly explain what further information about the patient is required when such measurements are made. (20%)
B) Select any two of the disorders below. For each disorder describe what a typical spirometry trace from a patient with this condition would look like and relate this to the pathophysiology of their condition:

(80%)
Word count: 500 words ±10%
Figures and Diagrams
It is advised to include diagrams and figures. Please ensure that they are in the correct format, including a figure number, a legend and/or a title to explain what the figure shows- they must also be correctly cited in the bibliography. You mustrefer to any figures and diagrams in the text of the essay.
Citing sources
We advise you to begin by conducting a literature search to identify suitable sources of information, this will help to build your understanding of the topic. You must include all of the material that you have used in the main reference list and also in the main body of the text as properly cited references (see your notes from workshop 1). There is no maximum number of references that you should use however we would expect
you to use at least 5 sources of information for this essay. All of your sources should be cited in the main body of the text and also in a correctly presented reference list at the end of the essay. You must adhere to the Harvard referencing style.
Be wary of using material gleaned from the Internet as core material in your essay.
Often this material is not peer reviewed. It might be appropriate to use some of this material to gain an overview of a particular subject area; however the material that you include in your essay should come from reliable sources such as textbooks or journal articles and should be properly cited in the main reference list.

Turnitin checker and plagiarism
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Guidance’.