A client tells the nurse that he read something about "dead space" in an article about emphysema and asks the nurse to explain it to him. The nurse's most accurate answer would be the following:
a. "Any part of your lungs that contains mucous secretions is called dead space."
b. "Dead space is an area of your lung that does not participate in air exchange."
c. "Parts of the lower airway that serve as a conduit for fresh air."
d. "This is a small area of necrotic tissue that can cause infection."
B
As the alveoli and septa collapse, pockets of air form between the alveolar spaces (blebs) and within the lung parenchyma (bullae). This process leads to increased ventilatory dead space, re-sulting from areas that do not participate in gas or blood exchange.
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