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Pulmonary emphysema is defined as an enlargement of the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles. From anatomic studies it is known that emphysema does not begin in the alveoli, but in the airways of generation 16-21. During an expiration the gas coming from those generations can be expected after the first 100-200 ml, i.e. after the dead space gas.
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Smidt, U., Worth, H. (1982). On-Line Processing of Expiratory pCO2-Curves for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Emphysema. In: Prakash, O., Spence, A.A., Payne, J.P., Jonson, B., Nair, S. (eds) Computers in Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6704-2_17
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