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Fig. 5.2. Relation between ventilation <strong>and</strong> perfusion in pneumonia<br />

The disrupted time line also becomes visible when we compare the upper airways of a<br />

newborn baby to those of an adult. A newborn has fluid in all of their sinuses. Also, not<br />

all of the sinusses are present in the newborn skull, most of the aeration must still occur.<br />

Sinusitis is therefore a regression in time for adults.

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