Forced Vital Capacity test
<p>Role of the Bronchodilator Test Defined by the Forced Vital Capacity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Phenotyping</p>
... function test (PFT): The bronchodilator tests were conducted according to the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) ...bronchodilator test was considered signi fi - cant ...
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Effect of Aerobic and Aerobic Cross Training Programs on Pulmonary Function
... The test measures first of all the rate at which the lung changes volume during forced breathing ...instance forced vital capacity (FVC), which measures the total volume of air that can ...
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Correlation of 30 consecutive idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients intertiary care center
... spirometry test/ forced vital capacity (FVC), high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings, smoking history, age and sex of 30 consecutive IPF patients in a tertiary care ...
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<p>Prediction of Spirometric Indices Using Forced Oscillometric Indices in Patients with Asthma, COPD, and Interstitial Lung Disease</p>
... The forced oscillometry (FOT) is a simple, noninvasive technique used for measuring the resistance and reactance of the respiratory ...whether forced oscillometry (FOT) data re fl ect spirometric indices in ...
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Evaluation of spirometry in asthmatic children
... spirometer. Forced vital capacity (FVC), Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), Ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 and forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC), ...
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Meta-analysis of vitamin D and lung function in patients with asthma
... control test; ASM: Airway smooth muscle; FEV1: Forced expiratory volume in one second; FVC: Forced vital capacity; MOOSE: Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology; NOS: ...
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Factors responsible for poor sleep quality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... Assessment Test; COPD, chronic obstructive lung disease; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in the first second; FVC, forced vital capacity; GOLD, Global Initiatives for Chronic Obstructive ...
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Bronchodilator Response of FEV6 and FEV3 as Surrogates of Forced Vital Capacity
... with FVC change (r = 0.95, and r = 0.84, respectively). Among all subjects, 48.1% showed obstructive pattern in their pre-bronchodilator test, which was decreased to 23.1% after bronchodilator administration; and ...
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[18F]FDG PET/CT predicts progression-free survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
... are forced vital capacity (FVC) and diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO) at diagnosis and the decline of FVC and/or DLCO during 6 or 12 months [3, ...walk test ...
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Predictors of pneumothorax following endoscopic valve therapy in patients with severe emphysema
... (vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 1 second, residual volume, total lung capacity, 6-minute walk test), qualitative computed tomography (CT) parameters (fissure integrity, ...
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Use of positive expiratory pressure during six minute walk test: results in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... walking capacity [2,3]. This test, referred to as a sub-maximal high-intensity constant-load exercise, is conducted for a period of 6 minutes while the ...
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To assess the effects of stainless steel dust exposure on lung function by Spirometry
... The flow- volume curve is plotted using expiratory flow rates against lung volume. The close linkage of flow rates to lung volumes produces a typical flow- volume curve. In addition, the spirometric values mentioned ...
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RESPONSE TO EXERCISE IN PATIENTS WITH TETRALOGY OF FALLOT WITH SYSTEMIC-PULMONARY ANASTOMOSES
... Case Vital C’apacily (liters) Functional Residual Capacity (liler.s) Total Lung Capacity (liters) Forced Expiralory Volume- 8CC (lil8) Tinted Vital Capacity (%) Alveolar Gas Unm:for- nti[r] ...
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Exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease receiving physical therapy: a cohort-nested randomised controlled trial
... Patients with COPD often experience sudden worsening of symptoms, i.e. exacerbations. Previous studies already demonstrated that physical exercise training (the com- ponent that has shown to provide the most benefit of ...
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Diagnostic and prognostic utility of mid-expiratory flow rate in older community-dwelling persons with respiratory symptoms, but without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
... of forced expiratory flows to diag- nose small airways disease is, however controversial, as intra-individual variability is high, even in healthy subjects [4, ...asthma, forced expiratory flow parameters ...
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Lung Hyperinflation Is Associated with Pulmonary Exacerbations in Adults with Cystic Fibrosis
... inspiratory capacity (IC) and increased residual volume (RV), resulting in exercise intolerance ...lung capacity (IC/TLC) is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with COPD ...
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<p>Evaluation of isokinetic muscle strength of upper limb and the relationship with pulmonary function and respiratory muscle strength in stable COPD patients</p>
... exercise capacity and activities of daily living and can be used to predict the mortality of COPD patients indepen- dent of lung ...isokinetic test. The isometric test re fl ects the muscle strength ...
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ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS IN ELDERLY POPULATION OF JAMMU
... Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) is a method of assessing the ventilatory capacity with single breath. [19] In the present study, overall comparison of PEFR among subjects showed progressive decline in the mean ...
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Responsiveness and minimal clinically important difference of SGRQ-I and K-BILD in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
... Both FVC and DLCO are widely used in IPF as mea- sures of disease severity, and the distance walked during the 6-min walk test (6MWD) is used as an assessment of functional capacity. All three tests are ...
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Diagnostic accuracy of methacholine challenge tests assessing airway hyperreactivity in asthmatic patients - a multifunctional approach
... MCT, this study shows some important physiological inad- equacies, to be considered as prerequisites, which could well be important for diagnosing “asthma”. Deep inspir- ation in the set-up of test-sequences ...
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