This Publication Is Searchable The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Section 6. Pulmonary Disorders Chapter 64. Spirogram and lung volumes in obstructive disease. RV and FRC are increased. TLC is also increased but to a lesser degree, so that VC is decreased.
Expiration is prolonged.
Note the emphysematous notch. Abbreviations are explained in Table 64-1 . All rights reserved.