30. PREDICTION FORMULAS AND SOME NORMAL VALUES IN PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY; MAN 



Part I: LUNG VOLUMES 



III Age range 4-17 yr. /2/ Increases with age. /3/ Volume uncorrected (cf Page 1); body position not stated. 

 /4/ Decreases with age. /5/ Volume corrected to BTPS (cf Page 1); body position supine. /6/ Assuming normal 

 weight range. Ill Age range 10-17 yr. /8/ Closed- circuit oxygen rebreathing technique. /9/ Age range 6-17 yr. 

 /lO/ Closed- circuit hydrogen rebreathing technique, /ll/ Closed- circuit helium rebreathing technique. 



Contributor : Gaensler, E. A. 



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 Richards, D. W., Jr., Medicine 27:243, 1948. [3] West, H. F., Arch. Int. M. 25:306, 1920. [4] Morse, M., 

 Schlutz, F. W., and Cassels, D. E., J. Clin. Invest. 30:380, 1952. [5] Robinson, S., Arbeitsphysiologie ^0:251 , 

 1938. [6] Kaltreider, N. L., Fray, W. W.. and Hyde, H. V., Am. Rev. Tuberc. 37:662, 1938. [7] Whitfield, A. G. 

 Waterhouse. J. A., and Arnott. W. M., Brit. J. Social M. 4:1, 1950. [8] Fowler. W. S., Am. J. Physiol. 154:405, 

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Part II: BASAL RESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS 



/I/ Usually expressed at BTPS (cf Page 1). HI Usually expressed at STPD (cf Page 1). /3/ Assuming a non-pro- 

 tein respiratory quotient of 0.82, or 4.825 Cal/L of O2 consumed. /4/ Decreases with age. /5/ Increases with age. 

 jbl Decreases during exercise. 



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