Disability Claims Process Video Series. What are the symptoms and signs of respiratory disorders? Symptoms and signs of respiratory disorders include dyspnea shortness of breath , chest pain, coughing, wheezing, sputum production, hemoptysis coughing up blood from the respiratory tract , use of accessory muscles of respiration, and tachypnea rapid rate of breathing. What abbreviations do we use in this body system?
What documentation do we need to evaluate your respiratory disorder? What is spirometry and what are our requirements for an acceptable test and report? Experiencing, or within 30 days of completion of treatment for, a lower respiratory tract infection. What is a DLCO test, and what are our requirements for an acceptable test and report? What is an ABG test, and what are our requirements for an acceptable test and report? What is pulse oximetry, and what are our requirements for an acceptable test and report?
What is bronchiectasis and how do we evaluate it? Bronchiectasis is a chronic respiratory disorder that is characterized by abnormal and irreversible dilatation enlargement of the airways below the trachea, which may be associated with the accumulation of mucus, bacterial infections, and eventual airway scarring. We require imaging see 3. We evaluate your bronchiectasis under 3. What is chronic pulmonary hypertension and how do we evaluate it?
How do we evaluate lung transplantation? If you receive a lung transplant or a lung transplant simultaneously with other organs, such as the heart , we will consider you to be disabled under 3.
After that, we evaluate your residual impairment s by considering the adequacy of your post-transplant function, the frequency and severity of any rejection episodes you have, complications in other body systems, and adverse treatment effects.
