Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
"Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The ratio of alveolar ventilation to simultaneous alveolar capillary blood flow in any part of the lung. (Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D014692
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.386.700.650.900 G09.772.920
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| Concept/Terms |
Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio- Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
- Ratio, Ventilation-Perfusion
- Ratios, Ventilation-Perfusion
- Ventilation Perfusion Ratio
- Ventilation-Perfusion Ratios
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio" by people in Profiles.
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Curtis BR, Cox M, Poplawski M, Lyshchik A. Low yield of ventilation and perfusion imaging for the evaluation of pulmonary embolism after indeterminate CT pulmonary angiography. Emerg Radiol. 2017 Oct; 24(5):525-530.
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Vinogradskiy Y, Koo PJ, Castillo R, Castillo E, Guerrero T, Gaspar LE, Miften M, Kavanagh BD. Comparison of 4-dimensional computed tomography ventilation with nuclear medicine ventilation-perfusion imaging: a clinical validation study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 May 01; 89(1):199-205.
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Winters BS, Solarz M, Jacovides CL, Purtill JJ, Rothman RH, Parvizi J. Overdiagnosis of pulmonary embolism: evaluation of a hypoxia algorithm designed to avoid this catastrophic problem. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2012 Feb; 470(2):497-502.
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Htike N, Superdock K, Teehan G, Thiruveedi S, Surkis W. Evaluating proteinuria and nephrotic syndrome in patients with venous thromboembolism. Am J Med Sci. 2012 Feb; 343(2):124-126.
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Merli GJ. Pathophysiology of venous thrombosis and the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis-pulmonary embolism in the elderly. Cardiol Clin. 2008 May; 26(2):203-19, vi.
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Parvizi J, Smith EB, Pulido L, Mamelak J, Morrison WB, Purtill JJ, Rothman RH. The rise in the incidence of pulmonary embolus after joint arthroplasty: is modern imaging to blame? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Oct; 463:107-13.
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Merli G. Diagnostic assessment of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Am J Med. 2005 Aug; 118 Suppl 8A:3S-12S.
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Babbs CF, Nadkarni V. Optimizing chest compression to rescue ventilation ratios during one-rescuer CPR by professionals and lay persons: children are not just little adults. Resuscitation. 2004 May; 61(2):173-81.
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Stein PD, Hull RD, Patel KC, Olson RE, Ghali WA, Alshab AK, Meyers FA. Venous thromboembolic disease: comparison of the diagnostic process in men and women. Arch Intern Med. 2003 Jul 28; 163(14):1689-94.
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Seliem MA, Murphy J, Vetter J, Heyman S, Norwood W. Lung perfusion patterns after bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis (Hemi-Fontan procedure). Pediatr Cardiol. 1997 May-Jun; 18(3):191-6.