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Dr. Stern responded: Dead space in lung. Dead space is a term used to describe an area of the lung where gas exchange cannot occur - it does not mean dead lung tissue. Everyone has dead space and it is comprised mainly of your airways. It is measured as a percentage. Dead space is affected by many variables including the size of the breath we inhale.
Dead space is an often misunderstood and overlooked aspect of veterinary anesthesia patient management. Dead space is always present as a component of the patientâs airway and, to a variable degree, as a component of the anesthetic system. Ignoring dead space increases induced by anesthesia systems or airway adaptors can have a significant clinical impact on very small patients.