2014年8月5日 · Body plethysmography for determination of thoracic gas volume (VTG) and airways resistance (Raw). During body plethysmography, the subject is en-closed in a chamber equipped to measure pressure, flow, or volume changes.

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Body plethysmography (pronounced “pleh-thiz-mah-graf-ee”) is a noninvasive type of lung function testing known as a pulmonary function test. It can help determine how much air is in your lungs after you take a deep breath in (inhale). It also helps determine how much air remains in your lungs after you take a deep breath out (exhale).

2011年7月1日 · Body plethysmography allows to assess functional residual capacity (FRCpleth) and specific airway resistance (sRaw) as primary measures. In combination with deep expirations and inspirations, total lung capacity (TLC) and residual volume (RV) can be determined. Airway resistance (Raw) is calculated as the ratio of sRaw to FRCpleth.

A 29 y/o woman presents to your clinic with episodes of shortness of breath, chest tightness and wheezing during the spring time. You interpret her PFTs as: Al-Askhar. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2003.

Plethysmography is used to measure all the thoracic gas volume (VTG) whether in communication with the airways or not. VTG provides a true assessment of absolute lung volume. All gas dilution methods (i.e. helium dilution or nitrogen washout etc.) rely on the patency of airways to allow mixing with the gas resident in the open areas of the lung.

2012年6月5日 · In this article we will provide an overview of basic pulmonary function tests and an algo-rithm for using and interpreting them, and then we use three cases to explain how to use these tests to identify the pattern of respirato-ry dysfunction, then make the diagnosis.

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2014年8月5日 · 2.9 Thoracic gas volume (VTG) is the volume of air in the thorax at any point in time and at any level of thoracic expansion. It is usually mea-sured by whole-body plethysmography. It may be determined at any level of lung inflation; however, it is most commonly determined at or near FRC.2 As an alternative, lung volume may