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PET co2 is depicted in blue. Shown is separation of measured ventilation (dark yellow) into a fast component with a short delay (ΔTP) originating at the peripheral chemoreceptors (red, time constant of response 3 s), and a slow component with a long delay (ΔTC) originating at the central chemoreceptors (green, time constant of response 120 s).
