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Irritants such as dust or smoke) and mechanical stimuli that can cause broncho-constriction. Pulmonary stretch receptors in the airways respond to lung inflation. C-fibres (unmyelinated nerve endings) located in the alveolar wall and blood vessels are stimulated by interstitial congestion. The corresponding afferent pathways of these mechanoreceptors project to the brain via the vagal nerve. There is evidence that vagal information not only influences the level and pattern of breathing, but may also contribute to the sensation of dyspnoea.
It is obvious that no gas exchange can occur if a ventilated zone receives no blood supply. A relative excess of ventilation is described as ‘alveolar dead space’, ‘wasted ventilation’ or a ‘high V/Q abnormality’. Such regions behave functionally as though some portion of the lung region received normal blood flow while the remainder received none. An increase in the dead space/ tidal volume ratio (VD/VT) reflects lung zones with an abnormally high V/Q. 8 in patients with severe COPD. In those patients the major portion of each inspired breath represents ‘wasted ventilation’.
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