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vital capacity (VC)

Indications: - assess impending respiratory failure in patients with neuromuscular disease

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static lung volume

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
  2. Mehta S. Neuromuscular disease causing acute respiratory failure. Respir Care. 2006 Sep;51(9):1016-21 PMID: 16934165