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	Smoking And Total Lung Capacity
		Lung capacity is a significant indicator of physical fitness.
		Lung cancer - smoking causes 81% of deaths from lung cancer.
		Lung capacity deteriorates after the tissue becomes inflamed and...
	www.didz.com.cn /497-smokingandtotallungcapacity-25528.htm (309 words)

	Human lung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		People who are born and live at sea level will have a smaller lung capacity than people who spends their lives at a high altitude.
		Pneumonia is an infection of the lung, caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi.
		Lung pinprick condition is a hereditary disease which results in decreased lung capacity and ocassional shortness of breath.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Human_lung (992 words)

	Learn more about Lung in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The lungs of mammals have a spongy texture and are honeycombed with epithelium having a much larger surface area in total than the outer surface area of the lung itself.
		The lungs are located inside the thoracic cavity, protected by the bony structure of the rib cage and enclosed by a double-walled sac called pleura.
		The inner layer of the sac adheres tightly to the outside of the lungs and the outer layer is attached to the wall of the chest cavity.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/lu/lung.html (1166 words)

	Lung volumes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The average pair of human lungs can hold about 6 litres of air, but only a small amount is used during normal breathing.
		A person who is born and lives at sea level will have a smaller lung capacity than a person who spends their life at a high altitude.
		The total lung capacity (TLC): the total volume of the lung (i.e.: the volume of air in the lungs after maximum inspiration).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tidal_volume (679 words)

	Respiratory Disorders Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital Faculty Members (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Heterogeneity of constriction was assayed by determining frequency dependence of dynamic lung resistance and elastance, airway caliber by tracking airway resistance during a DI, and airway inflammation by measuring inflammatory cells in induced sputum postchallenge.
		We conclude that eta is primarily determined by lung connective tissue, and its elevated estimates from impedance data in the CC and OC conditions are a consequence of compartment-like heterogeneity being greater in CC and OC conditions than in the IL.
		Lung elastance, tissue resistance, and arterial-alveolar gradient were moderately elevated by 12 h after LPS exposure and continued to increase over the first 24 h but began to recover between 24 and 48 h.
	www.brighamandwomens.org /respiratorydisorders/Faculty/Ingenito.asp (8451 words)

	PFT interpretation
		In the simplest sense, the diffusing capacity is the ability of gas to cross from the air, across the interstitium, and into the blood.
		Plethysmography is an alternative means of measuring lung volume which is performed by having the patient sit in a closed box and measuring the degree of intrathoracic gas compression during inhalation and exhalation plus the amount of air displaced from the box during ventilation.
		The TLC and DLCO are normal indicating an absence of restriction and an absence of impairment to gas transport.
	home.columbus.rr.com /allen/pft_interpretation.htm (2418 words)

	Claude Paul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Since a 30% capacity is the minimum amount compatible with life, the claimant's impairment rating must be calculated based on the difference between the 40% and 30% lung capacities.
		Since a 40% capacity equates to a 50% impairment rating, and a 30% lung capacity is equivalent to a 100% impairment, the claimant is entitled to a 75% impairment rating and award.
		In an asbestosis case, where the impairment rating is based on the claimant's total lung capacity, and a 40% total lung capacity equates to a 50% impairment, the impairment rating for less than 40% total lung capacity should be proportionate between the 40% and the minimum percentage compatible for life.
	wcc.dli.state.mt.us /p/Paul_FFCL.htm (3316 words)

	NGC - NGC Summary
		Functional residual capacity is the volume of air in the lung at the average tidal volume end-expiratory level.
		As an alternative, lung volume may be tracked continuously, and functional residual capacity determined from thoracic gas volume by addition or subtraction of volume.
		Total lung capacity (TLC) is the volume of air in the lung at the end of a maximal inspiration.
	www.guideline.gov /summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=2846 (3504 words)

	CHEST: Validity of the American Thoracic Society and other spirometric algorithms using FVC and forced expiratory ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		TLC was measured by body plethysmography (Vmax Autobox; SensorMedits; Yorha Liuda, CA); spirometry was performed either in the body plethysmograph or with a dry rolling seal spirometer (model 2130; SensorMedics).
		TLC measurements were categorized as normal or low using lower limit of normal (LLN) values from the reference equations of Goldman and Becklake (9) and Crapo et al.
		Ascertaimnent Bias: Ascertainment bias in the population of patients referred for lung volumes was assessed by comparing the frequency of the ATS spirometric restrictive pattern (2) in the lung volume and spirometry-only groups using a [chi square] test.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0984/is_6_126/ai_n8590943 (1334 words)

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		LUNG VOLUME AND CAPACITIES The total volume contained in the lung at the end of a maximal inspiration is subdivided into volumes and subdivided into capacities.
		Lung capacities are subdivisions of total volume that include two or more of the 4 basic lung volumes.
		Vital capacity is most useful when followed over the clinical course of a disease since normal values of VC can be found in diseased patients who have high values of VC under normal conditions.
	www.ursa.kcom.edu /Department/LectureNotes/Summer/LungVolumes.doc (1207 words)

	eMedicine - Restrictive Lung Disease : Article by Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCCP, DABSM
		In cases of intrinsic lung disease, the physiological effects of diffuse parenchymal disorders reduce all lung volumes by the excessive elastic recoil of the lungs, in comparison to the outward recoil forces of the chest wall.
		The diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) is reduced in all patients with intrinsic lung disorders, and the severity of the reduction does not correlate well with the stage of the disease.
		Desquamative interstitial pneumonitis is characterized by diffuse and temporally uniform involvement of the lung parenchyma.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic2012.htm (6249 words)

	Diagnostic Tests for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - CureResearch.com
		While many measures of lung function have been developed, those most commonly used determine: 1) air-containing volume of the lung (lung volume), 2) the ability to move air into and out of the lung, 3) the rate at which gases diffuse between the lung and blood, and 4) blood levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
		The total lung capacity is the combination of the forced vital capacity and residual volume.
		Because the primary function of the lung is to remove carbon dioxide from the blood and add oxygen, another indicator of pulmonary function is the blood levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
	www.cureresearch.com /c/copd/tests.htm (975 words)

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		The total lung capacity, functional residual capacity, and residual volume are often increased in the emphysematous lungs of patients with a long-term history of cigarette smoking.
		The large lungs of Andean natives can reduce the physical effort required to maintain adequate oxygenation, but this is independent of the oxygen-carrying capacity of their blood.
		The residual volume is then calculated as the difference between TLC and vital capacity, i.e., 6.5 L - 3.0 L = 3.5 L. The total lung capacity, functional residual capacity, and residual volume are often increased in the emphysematous lungs of patients with a long-term history of cigarette smoking.
	iuhs-isa.org /PhysioRespiratory.htm (3503 words)

	Volume of Human Lungs
		"Total lung capacity is the sum of the inspiratory and expiratory reservres and the tidal and residual volumes (»5800 mL)."
		Total lung capacity can be found by adding the vital capacity and the residual volume.
		Total Lung capacity is dependent upon many factors such as weight, sex, age and activity.
	hypertextbook.com /facts/2001/LaurenCalabrese.shtml (399 words)

	Lung function testing - TLC - total lung capacity
		Normal elastic properties of the lung (increased TLC in pulmonary emphysema, decreased TLC in interstitial fibrosis, pleural fibrosis) and normal airway patency (atelectasis e.g.
		An increased TLC is also observed in children who had asthma from childhood on (ref. 1), or who were born and raised at altitude
		In adults the TLC is unaffected by age (ref. 2).
	www.spirxpert.com /indices15.htm (301 words)

	Restrictive Ventilatory Defect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A restrictive ventilatory defect may be caused by a pulmonary deficit, such as pulmonary fibrosis (abnormally stiff, non-compliant lungs), or by non-pulmonary deficits, including respiratory muscle weakness, paralysis, and deformity or rigidity of the chest wall.
		While his forced vital capacity (FVC) may be quite low, his forced expiratory volume in one second divided by the forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) is often normal or greater than normal due to the increased elastic recoil pressure of the lung.
		Because large drops in pleural pressure are required to inflate the lungs, deep breaths are difficult for individuals with restrictive defects, and they tend to breathe shallowly and rapidly.
	oac.med.jhmi.edu /res_phys/Encyclopedia/RestrictVentDefect/RestrictVentDefect.HTML (160 words)

	Johns Hopkins Pulmonary Function Laboratory - Tests Performed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The single breath diffusing capacity, or DLCO, is a measure of the ability of the lungs to diffuse oxygen into, and carbon dioxide from, the bloodstream.
		By measuring the pressure changes in the lungs and in the box, the amount of gas in the patient's lungs may be calculated.
		A graph of lung volume versus static transpulmonary pressure produces a curve whose slope is the compliance (compliance is defined as the change in volume divided by the change in pressure).
	www.hopkinsmedicine.org /pftlab/pftests.html (1668 words)

	Cat Scan Acuracy - Imaginis.com Forums
		His last pulmonary function test indicated that he has lost 8% of his lung capacity in the last three months bringing it to 52% total lung capacity.
		lung capacity in the last three months bringing it to 52% total lung capacity.
		The dr. feels certain that he has acute pf based on the radid decrease in his total lung capacity.
	www.imaginis.com /548private/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000174.html (628 words)

	Lung Capacity Lab
		It allows students to compare their actual lung capacity (experimental capacity) with the predicted lung capacity (theoretical capacity) for someone their height and age.
		If a student's experimental lung capacity is less than or equal to 1000 cc (l liter), there is a good chance that their breathing has a compromised capacity.
		The formula for the theoretical lung capacity is from the American Lung Association.
	regentsprep.org /Regents/math/fsolid/TSolids.htm (248 words)

	Science Project 2004
		The lungs are positioned on either side of the heart and take up most of the chest cavity, from the collarbone to the diaphragm, though to make room for the heart the left lung is smaller than the right.
		Lung diseases such as cancer are mainly caused by tobacco, which is thought to cause 8 out of every 10 cases.
		Total lung capacity is represented by FEV6, and the second lung capacity is FEV1.
	www.selah.k12.wa.us /SOAR/SciProj2004/KaylynF.html (1647 words)

	Lung function testing - VC - vital capacity
		The vital capacity is assessed during an inspiratory maneuver.
		The vital capacity is assessed during an expiratory maneuver.
		If the subject first exhales fully to residual volume, and then inhales forcefully and fully to total lung capacity, the volume change of the lung is the forced inspiratory vital capacity (FIVC).
	www.spirxpert.com /indices2.htm (237 words)

	News - Concurrent Radiation, Chemotherapy Reduces Lung Capacity In Oesophageal Cancer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There are significant declines in carbon monoxide diffusion capacity and total lung capacity immediately after administration of conformal radiation therapy, oxaliplatin and 5-fluorouracil in patients with oesophageal cancer.
		"The percent or absolute lung volume that received a total dose between 700 cGy and 1,000 cGy may be significantly correlated with the percent decline of carbon monoxide diffusion capacity, total lung capacity and vital capacity," explain the investigators from the State University of New York at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York.
		The researchers report that the absolute lung volume receiving a total dose between 700 cGy and 1,000 cGy maximally correlated with the percentage reductions in total lung capacity, vital capacity and carbon monoxide diffusion capacity.
	docguide.com /news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256C9C00050621 (519 words)

	no air to go - acronyms, abbreviations and lung disease glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		CF is the leading cause of chronic lung disease in children and young adults, and the most common fatal hereditary disorder affecting Caucasians in the US.
		Forced vital capacity is the maximum volume of gas that can be expired forcefully after a maximum inspiration.
		Increased pressure within the lung causes the right ventricle of the heart to become enlarged and may result in shortness of breath, syncope (fainting), dizzy spells and heart failure.
	noairtogo.tripod.com /gloss.htm (4871 words)

	Total Lung Capacity by N2 Washout from High and Low Lung Volumes in Ventilated Infants and Children -- HAMMER et al. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lung volumes were measured by a modified automated N
		(3), infants with obstructive lung disease (2, 12).
		Lung volume measurements in wheezy infants: comparison of plethysmography and gas dilution.
	ajrccm.atsjournals.org /cgi/content/full/158/2/526 (3116 words)

	APStracts 5:0451A, 1998. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Aerosol probes of lung injury in a 28 -week longitudinal study of mild experimental emphysema in dogs.
		After baseline measurements of lung mechanics, effective airspace diameter (EAD) and aerosol dispersion (AD), three dogs were exposed to two treatments of aerosolized papain (3 ml of a 4% solution), and measurements were repeated during a 28 week follow-up period.
		The progression of injury was indicated by increasing trends in Total Lung Capacity (p < 0.05), Residual Volume (p < 0.05) and EAD (p = 0.06) through week 18.
	www.uth.tmc.edu /apstracts/1998/jap/November/451A.html (217 words)

	TLC (total lung capacity) - General Practice Notebook
		TLC (total lung capacity) - General Practice Notebook
		Total lung capacity refers to the total amount of gas which can be held within the lungs.
		It is the sum of the vital capacity and the residual volume.
	www.gpnotebook.co.uk /simplepage.cfm?ID=-1026555853 (800 words)

	Spirometry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Spirometry is the classic pulmonary function test, which measures the volume of air inspired orexpired as a function of time.
		Spirometry cannot, however, access information about absolute lung volumes, because it cannot measurethe amount of air in the lung but only the amount entering or leaving.
		Thus information aboutfunctional residual capacity, and lung volumes computed from FRC, such as total lung capacity andresidual volume, must be computed via different means, such as body plethysmography or gas dilution.
	oac.med.jhmi.edu /res_phys/Encyclopedia/Spirometry/Spirometry.HTML (138 words)

	TJU/Education/Anesthesiology/Digital Library/Preoperative Evaluation of Pulmonary Function (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although flow volume loops are obtained in any patient receiving spirometry, they are particularly helpful to anesthesiologists when evaluating patients with these airway lesions, some of which may experience difficulty with ventilation upon the induction of anesthesia and neuromuscular blockade.
		Lung Volumes: Lung volumes are measured either with a gas dilution test using helium, or in a body box using plethysmography.
		Plethysmography is more accurate as it measures airspaces that are either poorly ventilated or totally non-ventilated and might not equilibrate during helium dilution.
	jeffline.tju.edu /Education/courses/anesth/docs/library/eval11.html (230 words)

	Comparison of lung function after myeloablative and 2 Gy of total body irradiation-based regimens for hematopoietic ...
		Comparison of lung function after myeloablative and 2 Gy of total body irradiation-based regimens for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
		Lung function decline is a well-recognized occurrence after myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) that has not been studied after nonmyeloablative conditioning regimens.
		We examined the lung function of patients before and after 2-Gy total body irradiation-based nonmyeloablative and myeloablative preparative regimens.
	radiotherapy.researchtoday.net /archive/2/4/479.htm (261 words)

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