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Forced expiratory flow at 25% point to the 75% point of Forced Vital Capacity, a technique that assess exhalation of an individual to help characterize their lung disease. FEF 25-75 is one of many pulmonary function tests, FEV1 being the most common.

some other examples: FVC, FEV1, DLCO, and TLC, FEV1/FVC, FEF 25-75 percent, FEF 50 percent, FEF 75 percent, FEF 75 to 85 percent, FEV3/FVC percent


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"FEF25-75% is the average expired flow over the middle half of the FVC manoeuvre and is regarded as a more sensitive measure of small airways narrowing than FEV1. Unfortunately FEF25-75% has a wide range of normality, is less reproducible than FEV1, and is difficult to interpret if the VC (or FVC) is reduced or increased." -

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