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MeSH Heading: Forced Expiratory Volume
Tree Number(s): E01.370.386.700.660.230; G09.772.650.430
Unique ID: D005541
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005541
Annotation: usually NIM; do not confuse with FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES
Scope Note: Measure of the maximum amount of air that can be expelled in a given number of seconds during a FORCED VITAL CAPACITY determination . It is usually given as FEV followed by a subscript indicating the number of seconds over which the measurement is made, although it is sometimes given as a percentage of forced vital capacity.
Entry Version: FEV
Entry Term(s): FEVt; Forced Vital Capacity, Timed; Timed Vital Capacity; Vital Capacity, Timed
Previous Indexing: Spirometry (1966-1974); Vital Capacity (1969-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 75
History Note: 75
Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/19
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Concept UI: M0008732
Scope Note: Measure of the maximum amount of air that can be expelled in a given number of seconds during a FORCED VITAL CAPACITY determination . It is usually given as FEV followed by a subscript indicating the number of seconds over which the measurement is made, although it is sometimes given as a percentage of forced vital capacity.
Terms: Forced Expiratory Volume Preferred Term
Term UI T016832
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1975); Forced Vital Capacity, Timed
Term UI T016833
Date04/24/1976
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Timed Vital Capacity
Term UI T016834
Date11/11/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Vital Capacity, Timed
Term UI T016835
Date04/24/1976
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); FEVt
Term UI T540799
Date05/14/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004)

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