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Your patient is performing a residual volume test on a water-seal spirometer in the pulmonary function lab. after breathing on the system for 1 minute, he takes out the mouthpiece and complains of being short of breath. what is the most likely problem in the pulmonary function system?

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The pulmonary function system was not allowing he patient to breath in as deeply as they needed too.
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