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Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Lung Compliance
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System > Respiratory Function Tests > Lung Compliance

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Lung Compliance  

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  • usually NIM

Scope note

  • The capability of the LUNGS to distend under pressure as measured by pulmonary volume change per unit pressure change. While not a complete description of the pressure-volume properties of the lung, it is nevertheless useful in practice as a measure of the comparative stiffness of the lung. (From Best & Taylor's Physiological Basis of Medical Practice, 12th ed, p562)

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  • 70(68)

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