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air

The mixture of gases making up the Earth's atmosphere.

air

See ayre.



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To correct for dilution of alveolar air from dead volume air in the breath sample and to normalize the concentration of each analyte to correctly reflect the breath concentration, we measured the carbon dioxide concentration in each canister sample using a C[O.
Although the red blood cells are exposed to alveolar air only for a fraction of a second, gas exchange between alveoli and capillaries takes place very efficiently because there is an extremely large surface area between the blood and the air.
Portable units for analyzing the CO content of expired alveolar air offer a noninvasive measure.
 
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