I finally received some paperwork from the hospital but I don't have the full reports from respiratory, just some preliminary #'s from the doctor's report. The early #'s are expiratory and inspiratory pressure was -40cm of water, vital capacity 3.3L. 4 days later, max inspir. pressure is -34, exp. is greater than 60, vital capacity is 3 L.

What that means I would love to know. Also, I only did one round, as in one breath, and then I was so short of breath I heaved for ten minutes and they had to stop testing so that was the end of the session. I suppose it doesn't matter much what your capacity is if you can only use it once and then you are too winded to function, huh?

My ABG #'s were pH artertial H7.49 (7.37-7.43), PCO2 arterial L25 (34-44), PO2 arterial H122 (75-95), O2 SAT H >99.0(95-98)% The rest of the numbers were normal.

my d-dimer was high at 567 (0-551). This was the reason for the emergency CTA chest last month to rule out a pulmonary embolism. They did not address it this time. Why might it be high??

Does these #'s mean anything to anyone? They gave me very little information. . .thank you : )

debra