Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2023
A patient with pulmonary fibrosis presents with decreased pulmonary ventilation. What parameter of the external respiration system will change in this patient?
Answer options
- Expiratory reserve volume will increase
- Inspiratory reserve volume will increase
- Vital capacity of the lungs will decrease
- Residual volume will increase
- Lung dead space will increase in volume
Correct answer
Vital capacity of the lungs will decrease
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