Phase 1 of a single-breath CO2 curve represents which of the following?
a. Anatomic dead space
b. Physiologic dead space
c. Transition between airway and alveolar exhaled gas
d. Anatomic shunt
ANS: A
Anatomic dead space has no CO2; the mixed expired CO2 (FECO2) = 0 during that phase.
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