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Measuring the subsegments of lung volume helps characterize certain disease states. These volumes are termed the static lung volumes, while spirometry measures the dynamic volumes. This chapter will discuss the static lung volumes, how they are measured and their clinical implications.

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    In some labs, the patient is instructed to exhale fully after the panting maneuver to measure ERV then to inhale fully to measure VC.

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  2. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Jeremy Road & Pearce Wilcox

  3. University of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Kewan Aboulhosn

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    Pearce Wilcox

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Altalag, A., Road, J., Wilcox, P., Aboulhosn, K. (2019). Lung Volumes. In: Altalag, A., Road, J., Wilcox, P., Aboulhosn, K. (eds) Pulmonary Function Tests in Clinical Practice. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93650-5_2

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