FVC
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In obstructive lung disease, airway obstruction results in slow exhalation as well as reduced FVC.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
In restrictive lung disease, FVC is reduced but airways are not obstructed, so the person is able to expel air reasonably fast.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
FEV1 is the amount of air someone breathes out in the first second after taking the deepest possible breath; FVC is the total volume of air exhaled after the deepest inhalation.
From Time • Oct. 18, 2011
A typical 30-year-old man of my height and weight would have an FVC of 5.63.
From Time Magazine Archive
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