- Updated on August 3, 2021
Minute ventilation in cystic fibrosis patients at rest
| Condition | Minute ventilation |
Number of patients |
References |
| Normal breathing | 6 L/min | – | Medical textbooks |
| Healthy subjects | 6-7 L/min | >400 | Results of 14 studies |
| Cystic fibrosis | 15 L/min | 15 | Fauroux et al, 2006 |
| Cystic fibrosis* | 13 (�2) L/min | 10 | Bell et al, 1996 |
| Cystic fibrosis | 10 L/min | 11 | Browning et al, 1990 |
| Cystic fibrosis | 11-14 L/min | 6 | Tepper et al, 1983 |
| Cystic fibrosis* | 10 L/min | 10 | Ward et al, 1999 |
| CF and diabetes* | 10 L/min | 7 | Ward et al, 1999 |
| Cystic fibrosis | 16 L/min | 7 | Dodd et al, 2006 |
| Cystic fibrosis | 18 L/min | 9 | McKone et al, 2005 |
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Fauroux et al, 2006
Fauroux B, Nicot F, Boelle PY, Boulé M, Clément A, Lofaso F, Bonora M, Mechanical limitation during CO2 rebreathing in young patients with cystic fibrosis, Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2006 Oct 27;153(3):217-25. Epub 2005 Dec 27.
Bell et al, 1996
Bell SC, Saunders MJ, Elborn JS, Shale DJ, Resting energy expenditure and oxygen cost of breathing in patients with cystic fibrosis, Thorax 1996 Feb; 51(2): 126-131.
Browning et al, 1990
Browning IB, D’Alonzo GE, Tobin MJ, Importance of respiratory rate as an indicator of respiratory dysfunction in patients with cystic fibrosis, Chest. 1990 Jun;97(6):1317-21.
Tepper et al, 1983
Tepper RS, Skatrud B, Dempsey JA, Ventilation and oxygenation changes during sleep in cystic fibrosis, Chest 1983; 84; p. 388-393.
Ward et al, 1999
Ward SA, Tomezsko JL, Holsclaw DS, Paolone AM, Energy expenditure and substrate utilization in adults with cystic fibrosis and diabetes mellitus, Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 May;69(5):913-9.
Dodd et al, 2006
Dodd JD, Barry SC, Barry RB, Gallagher CG, Skehan SJ, Masterson JB, Thin-section CT in patients with cystic fibrosis: correlation with peak exercise capacity and body mass index, Radiology. 2006 Jul;240(1):236-45.
McKone et al, 2005
McKone EF, Barry SC, Fitzgerald MX, Gallagher CG, Role of arterial hypoxemia and pulmonary mechanics in exercise limitation in adults with cystic fibrosis, J Appl Physiol. 2005 Sep;99(3):1012-8. Epub 2005 Apr 28.
