ventilation-perfusion ratio

Preferred Label : ventilation-perfusion ratio;

MeSH definition : The ratio of alveolar ventilation to simultaneous alveolar capillary blood flow in any part of the lung. (Stedman, 25th ed);

MeSH synonym : ratios, ventilation-perfusion; ratio, ventilation-perfusion; ventilation-perfusion ratios; ventilation perfusion ratio;

MeSH annotation : a resp funct test;

Details

Origin ID

D014692;

UMLS CUI

C0042495;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- high ventilation-perfusion ratio [SNOMED Notion]
- low ventilation-perfusion ratio [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Ventilation to Perfusion Ratio [NCIt concept]
- Ventilation-perfusion ratio, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ventilation-perfusion ratio, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- Ventilation-Perfusion ratio [MeSH concept]
See also
- pulmonary circulation [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- pulmonary ventilation [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Organ or Tissue Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Ventilation-perfusion ratio, function (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ventilation-perfusion ratio, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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