Review Article
Candidates for Bariatric Surgery: Morbidly Obese Patients with Pulmonary Dysfunction
Table 1
Respiratory complications of obesity.
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FEV1: forced expiratory volume in the first second; FVC: forced vital capacity; TLC: total lung capacity; FRC: functional residual capacity; ERV: expiratory reserve volume; RV: residual volume; MVV: maximal voluntary ventilation; DLCO: diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide. ↑: increased; ↓: decreased; →: no change. |