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Understanding Tidal Volume - readyforsleep - 01-13-2018 I am using Bpap now and was trying to understand why my tidal volume was not improving. I looked up the definition of tv and discovered that "In a normal young human adult tv is about 500ml per inspiration or 7ml/kg of body mass." Based on my body weight (120lb./54.4kg) my TV should be 380. My median is usually 360. I am doing better than I thought. Just found a thread that explains all this... |