Which of the following is a characteristic of obstructive airway disease?

a. exhalation volumes increase
b. no net change in breathing volumes, but work increases
c. lung compliance increases, patients breathe at high lung volumes
d. breathing volumes decrease due to pleurisy


c. lung compliance increases, patients breathe at high lung volumes

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