document updated 18 years ago, on Aug 19, 2008

spirometer — that's the toy they give you to increase your... whatever it is that decreases
DING DING DING. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1387607
- nice chart
- Apparently upper-abdominal surgery is even worse for short-term lung capacity than chest surgery, since it's right next to the diaphragm muscles.