carbogen breathing reduces anatomical dead space and improves gas exchange efficiency
Washout of anatomical dead space
What this means for you
Dead space in your airways is air that never reaches your lungs where gas exchange actually happens. When that dead space is flushed out, more of each breath delivers usable oxygen — which most people notice as easier, more efficient breathing and a greater sense of respiratory ease during and after a session.
The published research
High-flow therapy: physiological effects and clinical applications.
Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2020
The review explicitly documents dead space washout as a physiological effect of high-flow therapy, stating that 'delivery of gas under high flow rates through a nasal cannula enables continuous flushing of exhaled gases from the upper airways' and that 'this wash out of anatomical dead space increases in proportion to increasing flow rate and reduces rebreathing of exhaled carbon dioxide.' The rev
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