In the reports on vital capacity in the literature, instructions to the patients were not described in detail. In our experience variations in the results of serial determinations were traced in many ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Low FEV 1 /slow vital capacity in current and former smokers with normal spirometry may aid in the ...

Vital signs measure the body’s most essential functions. They include heart rate, body temperature, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation. Healthcare professionals use vital signs to ...

Up to 50% of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have cognitive impairment, most commonly fronto-temporal dysfunction. Some patients seem to have reversible dysfunction in addition to ...

ALTHOUGH various observers had made attempts to measure the respiratory capacity of the human body, the real pioneer work in spirometry was done about eighty years ago by John Hutchinson. Hutchinson ...