On Inspecting a Volume-Pressure Curve for a Patient with Restrictive

question 13

Multiple Choice

On inspecting a volume-pressure curve for a patient with restrictive lung disease, which of the following abnormalities would you expect to find?
1) Decrease in the slope of the volume-pressure curve
2) Increase in the area of the volume-pressure curve
3) Positive P_pl during exhalation

• A)2 only
• B)1, 2, and 3
• C)1 and 2 only
• D)1 and 3 only

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