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 Ppl during exhalation
A) 2 only
B) 1, 2, and 3
C) 1 and 2 only
D) 1 and 3 only
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