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Subject: lung functions predicted and measured
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Asked by: court1920-ga
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Posted: 12 Aug 2004 08:57 PDT
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Question ID: 386956

Can you predict residual volume from a measured forced vital capacity?

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Subject: Re: lung functions predicted and measured
From: purkinje-ga on 12 Aug 2004 09:19 PDT

In males you can usually multiply vital capacity by .4 to get residual
volume, and by .58 in females.

Subject: Re: lung functions predicted and measured
From: purkinje-ga on 12 Aug 2004 09:21 PDT

Oops, sorry, the numbers are .26 in males and .35 for females.

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