What Does 40% Lung Capacity In A Pulmonary Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Sat, 8 Oct 2016

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Sat, 8 Oct 2016 Answered on

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Question : Does 40 % lung capacity in a pulmonary test means I have 20% in each lung or 40 % in each lung?

Answered by Dr. Ralph Chambers (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Hello. That's 40% total lung capacity

Detailed Answer:
Hello. The test measures total lung capacity--neither lung is measured separately. If you have all the measurements, I can go over them with you.

Please upload them at the reports section

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee