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... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System > Respiratory Function Tests > Pulmonary Ventilation > Maximal Voluntary Ventilation
Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Pulmonary Ventilation > Maximal Voluntary Ventilation

Preferred term

Maximal Voluntary Ventilation  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Measure of the maximum amount of air that can be breathed in and blown out over a sustained interval such as 15 or 20 seconds. Common abbreviations are MVV and MBC.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Maximal Breathing Capacity
  • MVV (Ventilation)

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Ventilation maximale volontaire

    French

  • Capacité respiratoire maximale
  • Capacité ventilatoire maximale
  • CVM (Capacité Ventilatoire Maximale)
  • VMV (Ventilation Maximale Volontaire)
  • VMVf

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GM8HMDLC-7

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