Purpose: To estimate the maximum voluntary ventilation (MMV, aka maximum breathing capacity, MBC) for an adult based on physical parameters.					Citations with documentation. 08.01.13	Medal Project 2004. See disclaimer.
conversion	enter
body weight in pounds		lbs equals	0	kilograms
body height in feet		feet with
residual height in inches		inches equals	177.8	cm
data	enter
Are you trying to predict the functional residual capacity of an adult? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
age of the patient in years		years of age
gender of the patient (enter M or F)		:-):-):-)
height in cm		cm					1.88
body weight in kilograms		kilograms					74.0
enter an "x" in the appropriate column to indicate the patient's race (give only 1 answer)
	Black	Chinese	Hispanic	White	Other
race of the patient						Yes	4
calculate	result
data complete?	Yes
evaluation appropriate?	Yes	:-):-):-)
body surface area in square meters (Dubois and Dubois)	2.06	square meters
Predicted MMV or MBC
Birath (1963) at 40 RPM	96.8	liters per minute
Boren (1966)	147.6	liters per minute
Cherniack (1972)	133.2	liters per minute
Goldman (1959)	112.1	liters per minute
Grimby (1963)	132.2	liters per minute