No Recent Exacerbations in Medicine / Internal Medicine — Case | Respiratory / Pulmonology | SMLE Q#11581
SMLE Question #11581
Medicine / Internal Medicine
Respiratory / Pulmonology
Objective: OBJ-123
Last updated: February 2026
A 28-year-old G1P0 woman at 28 weeks’ gestation attends a routine antenatal visit. She has well-controlled bronchial asthma with no recent exacerbations and uses an inhaled corticosteroid. She reports mild exertional dyspnea without chest pain, wheeze, orthopnea, or cough. Examination shows clear lungs and normal heart sounds. She asks about normal respiratory physiologic changes in pregnancy related to uterine enlargement and progesterone-driven ventilation changes. Which of the following lung volumes is decreased during normal pregnancy?
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