Some authors 1,2 have used the vital capacity during the acute illness to indicate when patients should be placed in a respirator. They presented no objective data for the statement that patients ...

In the reports on vital capacity in the literature, instructions to the patients were not described in detail. In our experience variations in the results of serial determinations were traced in ...

Hutchinson worked out the vital capacity in relation to height, body weight, chest circumference, and age, attaching most importance to the first. He also made many observations as to the effect ...

Evidence-based recommendations on nintedanib (Ofev) for treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in adults when forced vital capacity is above 80% predicted. This technology appraisal is for treating ...

and forced vital capacity (FVC), which is the maximum amount of air a person can breathe out without a time limit after a deep inhalation. In women, FEV1 peaks around the age of 20, while in men ...

and forced vital capacity (FVC), which is the maximum amount of air a person can breathe out without a time limit after a deep inhalation. In women, FEV1 peaks around the age of 20, while in men ...

as measured by forced vital capacity (FVC) at 26 weeks. The trial also successfully demonstrated a dose-dependent response. The rate of FVC decline 3 at week 26 with: The trial also achieved its ...

1.2 This recommendation is not intended to affect treatment with nintedanib that was started in the NHS before this guidance was published. People having treatment outside this recommendation may ...