Eur Respir J 2005; 26: 511–522 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00035005 CopyrightßERS Journals Ltd 2005 SERIES ‘‘ATS/ERS TASK FORCE: STANDARDISATION OF LUNG FUNCTION TESTING’’ Edited by V. Brusasco, R. Crapo and G. Viegi Number 3 in this Series Standardisation of the measurement of lung volumes J. Wanger, J.L. Clausen, A. Coates, O.F. Pedersen, V. Brusasco, F. Burgos, R. Casaburi, R. Crapo, P. Enright, C.P.M. van der Grinten, P. Gustafsson, J. Hankinson, R. Jensen, D. Johnson, N. MacIntyre, R. McKay, M.R. Miller, D. Navajas, R. Pellegrino and G. Viegi CONTENTS AFFILIATIONS Background and purpose .................................................... 512 For affiliations, please see Acknowledgements section Definitions and subdivisions of lung volume ...................................... 512 Patient preparation ......................................................... 512 CORRESPONDENCE Derivation of lung subdivisions ................................................ 512 V. Brusasco Measurement of FRC using body plethysmography ................................ 513 Internal Medicine University of Genoa Introduction and theory . 513 V.le Benedetto XV, 6 Equipment . 513 I-16132 Genova Measurement technique . 514 Italy Quality control . 514 Fax: 39 0103537690 E-mail:
[email protected] Calculations . 515 Measurement of FRC using nitrogen washout..................................... 515 Received: Introduction and theory . 515 March 23 2005 Equipment . 515 Accepted after revision: April 05 2005 Measurement technique . 516 Quality control . 516 Calculations