• Lung compliance, or pulmonary compliance, is a measure of the lung's ability to stretch and expand (distensibility of elastic tissue). In clinical practice...
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    the value may be normal or even increased as a result of decreased lung compliance. A derived value of FEV1 is FEV1% predicted (FEV1%), which is defined...
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  • mechanical meaning) Pulmonary compliance (or lung compliance), change in lung volume for applied or dynamic pressure Compliance (psychology), responding favorably...
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    ventilation, compliance is influenced by three main physiologic factors: Lung compliance Chest wall compliance Airway resistance Lung compliance is influenced...
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    Compliance is the ability of lungs and thorax to expand. Lung compliance is defined as the volume change per unit of pressure change across the lung....
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  • pathway. Lung compliance is the difference of volume during inspiration and expiration. Restrictive lung disease is characterized by reduced lung volumes...
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    the movement of gas between two regions of the lung, usually between regions of differing compliance or airway resistance. Pendelluft is an important...
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  • needed] Static compliance Dynamic compliance Rose, Louise (2010). "Clinical application of ventilator modes: Ventilatory strategies for lung protection"...
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    lung diseases are a category of respiratory disease characterized by a loss of lung compliance, causing incomplete lung expansion and increased lung stiffness...
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  • inversely related to lung compliance. This phenomenon occurs because of the elastin in the elastic fibers in the connective tissue of the lungs, and because of...
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