Case Report

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pneumonia Treated with Lower-Dose Palivizumab in a Heart Transplant Recipient

Table 1

Pulmonary function tests two months prior to admission and at three months followup.

PFTPrior to admissionFollowup

FVC (liters), (% predicted)2.01, (45%)2.76, (68%)
FEV1 (liters), (% predicted)1.58, (53%)2.21, (74%)
FEV1/FVC (% predicted)7880

FVC: forced vital capacity, FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second.