34. VITAL CAPACITY VS SURFACE AREA: CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 



Ventilatory values are corrected to BTPS conditions (ct Page 1). Values in parentheses are ranges and conform to 

 estimate "b" of the 95% range in data of Ferris and to estimate "c" in data of Morse (of Introduction). 



Males 



III Maximal volume of gas expelled from lungs by forceful effort, following maximal inspiration. /2/ Subjects 

 seated; body surface area obtained from DuBois nomogram; Benedict- Roth type spirometer (Collins ventilometer). 

 in All measurements made in recumbent position; Sanborn closed-circuit wet spirometer. /4/ From single 

 determination. 



Contributors : (a) Ferris, B. G., Jr., (b) Morrow, P. E., (c) Morse, M., (d) Whittenberger, J. L. 



References : [ l] Ferris, B. G., Jr., Whittenberger, J. L., and Gallagher, J. R., Pediatrics, Springf. 9:659, 1952. 

 [Z] Ferris, B. G., and Smith, C. W., Pediatrics, Springf. 12:341, 1953. [3] Morse, M., Schlutz, F. W., and 

 Cassels, D. E., J. Clin. Invest. M^: 3 80, 1952. [4] Morse, M., Univ. of Chicago, unpublished. 



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