Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis and first successful whole lung lavage in Sri Lanka: a case report

Table 1 Comparison of pulmonary function before and after the whole lung lavages

	Pre-whole lung lavages	Post-whole lung lavages
ABG	pH 7.39	pH 7.37
	pO₂ 58	pO₂ 87
	pCO₂ 31	pCO₂ 38
	HCO₃– 20.3	HCO₃– 22.6
Spirometry	FVC 1.87	FVC 2.09
	FEV1 1.84	FEV1 1.97
	Ratio 98.3 %	Ratio 95.6 %
DLCO	Not done	15.75 (78 %)
Six-minute walk test (exercise desaturation)	92 % → 84 %	96 % → 94 %
Alveolar-arterial gradient	45.6 mmHg	17.2 mmHg

ABG arterial blood gas, DLCO carbon monoxide diffusion capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 second, FVC forced vital capacity, HCO ₃ – bicarbonate, pCO ₂ partial pressure of carbon dioxide, PO ₂ partial pressure of oxygen

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