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Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Pulmonary Ventilation > Forced Expiratory Flow Rates > Maximal Expiratory Flow-Volume Curves
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System > Respiratory Function Tests > Pulmonary Ventilation > Forced Expiratory Flow Rates > Maximal Expiratory Flow-Volume Curves

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Maximal Expiratory Flow-Volume Curves  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Maximal Expiratory Flow Volume Curves

Note

  • usually NIM; do not confuse with MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; (MEFR)

Scope note

  • Curves depicting MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE, in liters/second, versus lung inflation, in liters or percentage of lung capacity, during a FORCED VITAL CAPACITY determination. Common abbreviation is MEFV.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008449

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