Forced Expiratory Volume
Key Facts
Abbreviation
FEV
Pronunciation
/fɔrst ɪkˈspaɪrəˌtɔri ˈvɑljum/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology
Examples in Context
- The researchers used forced expiratory volume in1 second ( FEV1 ) and forced vital capacity ( FVC ) as a percentage of predicted value ( FVCPP ) as indicators of lung function.
- In all three cohorts, serum YKL-40 levels correlated positively with the severity of asthma and inversely with the forced expiratory volume in1 second.
- Means percentage of total preantral follicles. percentage of forced expiratory volume in first second to forced vital capacity
- Little seconds form minutes, percentage of forced expiratory volume in first second to forced vital capacity
- Lung function was a measure of the amount of air a participant could blow out in one second ( Forced Expiratory Volume(FEV) for1 sec, or FEV1 ).