In the reports on vital capacity in the literature, instructions to the patients were not described in detail. In our experience variations in the results of serial determinations were traced in many ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Low FEV 1 /slow vital capacity in current and former smokers with normal spirometry may aid in the ...

ALTHOUGH various observers had made attempts to measure the respiratory capacity of the human body, the real pioneer work in spirometry was done about eighty years ago by John Hutchinson. Hutchinson ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vital Capacity provides clinical pearls and insights from experts in the field through interviews conducted by ...

Better lung function, expressed as higher forced vital capacity (FVC), is associated with a reduced risk for the onset of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke over a follow-up period of approximately ...

Objective: To determine the expected vital capacity in persons with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) in relation to injury level, completeness of injury, smoking and duration of injury, as an aid to ...

Measuring lung function earlier in life would help identify people at risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and allow for more timely interventions, according to a new study ...

Measuring lung function earlier in life would help identify people at risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and allow for more timely interventions, according to a new study ...

Cediranib (C) in patients (pts) with malignant mesothelioma (MM): A phase II trial of The University of Chicago Phase II Consortium. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2011 ASCO Annual Meeting ...

Lung capacity shows how much air your lungs can hold. Performing breathing exercises can improve your lung capacity over time. Your lung capacity is the total amount of air your lungs can hold. Our ...