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J Appl Physiol 18: 519-522, 1963;
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Relation between anatomic respiratory dead space and body size and lung volume

M. C. Hart 1, M. M. Orzalesi 1, and C. D. Cook 1

1 Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

The respiratory anatomic dead space has been measured by the single breath nitrogen washout method of Fowler in 73 normal subjects ranging from 4 to 42 years of age. The volume of the anatomic dead space correlated closely with height (Vd (ml) = 7.585 x Ht (cm)2.363 x 10–4·ggr = .917), but also with body weight, surface area, and functional residual capacity. When compared on the basis of any of these parameters there was no significant difference between the anatomic dead space values for males and females. Comparisons with available data for newborn infants suggest that the value of the anatomic dead space has a relatively constant relation to height from birth to adulthood. Dead space appears to increase more rapidly than weight, surface area, and functional residual capacity during, at least, the early period of somatic growth.

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(With the Technical Assistance of J. H. Shaw)

Submitted on October 25, 1962




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