Maximal Voluntary Ventilation

Measure of the maximum amount of air that can be breathed in and blown out over a sustained interval such as 15 or 20 seconds. Common abbreviations are MVV and MBC.

Year introduced: 1991(1975)

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Tree Number(s): E01.370.386.700.660.500, G09.772.650.630

MeSH Unique ID: D008451

Entry Terms:

• Maximal Voluntary Ventilations
• Ventilation, Maximal Voluntary
• Ventilations, Maximal Voluntary
• Voluntary Ventilation, Maximal
• Voluntary Ventilations, Maximal
• Maximal Breathing Capacity
• Breathing Capacities, Maximal
• Breathing Capacity, Maximal
• Capacities, Maximal Breathing
• Capacity, Maximal Breathing
• Maximal Breathing Capacities
• MVV (Ventilation)

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Diagnosis
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System
Respiratory Function Tests
Pulmonary Ventilation
Maximal Voluntary Ventilation

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Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
Pulmonary Ventilation
Maximal Voluntary Ventilation