EXPLANATION OF SPIROMETRY
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through a mouthpiece. This flow can be integrated from the mouthpiece to achieve Flow vs. Time (FT), Volume vs. Time (VT), or Flow vs. Volume (FV) plots of the expira-tion. An example FV plot can be seen in Figure 2. From the plot, several quantities are measured:
(1) Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) is...