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Dyspnoea
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Limbie drives (emotion)
Central
chemoreceptors (CSF pH)
' Carotid body (iPa02. TPaC02)
Cortical drive
Spinał
afferents
Vagal lung afferents
Pulmonary
embolus
Altered V/Q Hypoxaemia
Airway obstruction
• Asthma
• Emphysema
Increased
mechanical
load
Interstitial disease
• Inflammation
• Infection
• Fibrosis
Deflation
• Pneumothorax
• Collapse
• Effusion
Type II respiratory failure,
T PaC02 + acidosis
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