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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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio" by people in Profiles.
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Pulmonary Embolism in an Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patient Detected on Ventilation/Perfusion SPECT/CT. Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Jul 01; 46(7):e360-e362.
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Ventilation-Perfusion Scans After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Counterpoint-Ventilation Studies Are Here to Stay. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 01; 218(1):31-32.
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Ventilation-Perfusion Scans After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Point-Ventilation Studies Are Dispensable. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2022 01; 218(1):29-30.
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A breath of fresh air: The role of incentive spirometry in the treatment of COVID-19. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 10; 48:369.
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Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of inhaled magnesium sulphate in combination with standard treatment in patients with moderate or severe COVID-19: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2021 Jan 18; 22(1):60.
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The impact of ventilation-perfusion inequality in COVID-19: a computational model. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2021 03 01; 130(3):865-876.
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Haemodynamic characteristics of COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring mechanical ventilation. An invasive assessment using right heart catheterization. Eur J Heart Fail. 2020 12; 22(12):2228-2237.
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Beware COVID-19 on VQ scans (ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy). QJM. 2020 12 01; 113(12):892-893.
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Modeling lung perfusion abnormalities to explain early COVID-19 hypoxemia. Nat Commun. 2020 09 28; 11(1):4883.
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Lung scintigraphy for pulmonary embolism diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: does the benefit-risk ratio really justify omitting the ventilation study? Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2020 10; 47(11):2499-2500.