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{{Image|Flow volume loop - normal.gif|right|350px|Respiratory flow volume loop of a patient without abnormalities.}}
{{Image|Flow volume loop - normal.gif|right|350px|Respiratory flow volume loop of a patient without abnormalities.}}
{{Image|Flow volume loop - restrictive.gif|right|350px|Respiratory flow volume loop of a patient with restrictive airways.}}
{{Image|Flow volume  loop - obstruction.gif|right|350px|Respiratory flow volume loop of a patient with obstructive lung disease.}}
{{Image|Flow volume loop - restrictive.gif|right|350px|Respiratory flow volume loop of a patient with restrictive lung disease.}}


Pulmonary  function tests include:
Pulmonary  function tests include:

Revision as of 12:03, 6 June 2010

In medicine, pulmonary function tests, also called respiratory function tests, are "measurement of the various processes involved in the act of respiration: inspiration, expiration, oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange, lung volume and compliance, etc.[1]

Respiratory flow volume loop of a patient without abnormalities.
Respiratory flow volume loop of a patient with obstructive lung disease.
Respiratory flow volume loop of a patient with restrictive lung disease.

Pulmonary function tests include:


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