Northerncardinal Full Member 7+ Year Member Joined May 25, 2016 Messages 148 Reaction score 46 Jul 18, 2016 #1 Members do not see this ad. what is forced vital capacity and how is it different from Vital capacity? someone please clarify. thanks!
Members do not see this ad. what is forced vital capacity and how is it different from Vital capacity? someone please clarify. thanks!
R Rac65 Full Member Verified Member 10+ Year Member Physician Joined Jun 19, 2013 Messages 34 Reaction score 8 Jul 19, 2016 #2 They're the same thing. (nomenclature differs in texts based on whether you're just talking about it as an isolated entity versus in the context of PFTs) Upvote 0 Downvote
They're the same thing. (nomenclature differs in texts based on whether you're just talking about it as an isolated entity versus in the context of PFTs)
I IMG217 Full Member 7+ Year Member Joined Jul 2, 2016 Messages 18 Reaction score 5 Jul 20, 2016 #3 Apparently they are slightly different: http://bmcpulmmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2466-14-16 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9669830 But I think/hope this is beyond the scope of USMLE. Upvote 0 Downvote
Apparently they are slightly different: http://bmcpulmmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2466-14-16 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9669830 But I think/hope this is beyond the scope of USMLE.
Oh_Gee Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Nov 15, 2013 Messages 1,738 Reaction score 1,189 Oct 5, 2017 #4 bump, any more insight on the difference. i googled around but am still confused Upvote 0 Downvote