Restrictive lung disease

Restrictive lung disease
Other namesRestrictive ventilatory defect[1]
SpecialtyPulmonology

Restrictive lung diseases are a category of extrapulmonary, pleural, or parenchymal respiratory diseases that restrict lung expansion,[2] resulting in a decreased lung volume, an increased work of breathing, and inadequate ventilation and/or oxygenation. Pulmonary function test demonstrates a decrease in the forced vital capacity.

  1. ^ Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's Interactive Respiratory Physiology > Restrictive Ventilatory Defect Retrieved on February 25, 2010
  2. ^ Sharma, Sat. "Restrictive Lung Disease". Retrieved 2008-04-19.
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