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maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV)
Tests rapid inspiratory & expiratory capacity.
Patterns:
1) decreased in:
a) obstructive airway disease
b) neuromuscular disease
c) major airway lesions
2) normal in:
a) restrictive lung disease
b) deconditioning
General
pulmonary function test (PFT)
References
- Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 735
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998