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A correction for the effect of the dead space in pulmonary gas washout tests

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Under the assumption that there is complete mixing in the dead space a series of equations are given which give the values for a washout test of the functional component of the pulmonary bellows (without a dead space) in terms of the washout values of the bellows with a dead space.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, California

    David G. Cantor

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, California

    John W. Evans

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Cantor, D.G., Evans, J.W. A correction for the effect of the dead space in pulmonary gas washout tests. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 32, 215–218 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476886

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