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

Preferred term

Forced Expiratory Volume  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Measure of the maximum amount of air that can be expelled in a given number of seconds during a FORCED VITAL CAPACITY determination . It is usually given as FEV followed by a subscript indicating the number of seconds over which the measurement is made, although it is sometimes given as a percentage of forced vital capacity.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • FEVt
  • Forced Vital Capacity, Timed
  • Timed Vital Capacity
  • Vital Capacity, Timed

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Volume expiratoire maximal par seconde

    French

  • Capacité pulmonaire utilisable à l'effort
  • CPUE
  • VEMS
  • Volume expiratoire maximal seconde
  • Volume expiratoire maximum par seconde
  • Volume expiratoire maximum seconde

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