Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
                             
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                            
	"Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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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 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | E01.370.386.700.650.900 G09.772.920 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Ventilation-Perfusion RatioVentilation-Perfusion RatioRatio, Ventilation-PerfusionRatios, Ventilation-PerfusionVentilation Perfusion RatioVentilation-Perfusion Ratios
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2006 | 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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								A pediatric patient with a mediastinal mass and pulmonary embolus. Paediatr Anaesth. 2006 Apr; 16(4):487-91. 
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								Clinical utility of D-dimer in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism and nondiagnostic lung scans or negative CT findings. Chest. 2004 Mar; 125(3):851-5. 
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								Excess postexercise oxygen consumption and recovery rate in trained and untrained subjects. J Appl Physiol (1985). 1997 Jul; 83(1):153-9. 
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								Pulmonary embolism among patients with a nearly normal ventilation/perfusion lung scan. Chest. 1996 Aug; 110(2):395-8. 
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								The low-probability lung scan. A need for change in nomenclature. Arch Intern Med. 1995 Sep 25; 155(17):1845-51. 
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								Risks for major bleeding from thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Consideration of noninvasive management. Ann Intern Med. 1994 Sep 01; 121(5):313-7. 
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								A noninvasive strategy for the treatment of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. Arch Intern Med. 1994 Feb 14; 154(3):289-97. 
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								Low-probability lung scan findings: a need for change. Ann Intern Med. 1991 Jan 15; 114(2):142-3. 
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								Pulmonary embolism in outpatients with pleuritic chest pain. Arch Intern Med. 1988 Apr; 148(4):838-44. 
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								Diagnostic value of ventilation-perfusion lung scanning in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. Chest. 1985 Dec; 88(6):819-28.