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Volutrauma
A lung injury caused by excessively high tidal volumes during the use of mechanical ventilation.
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Voluptuous
To, arising from, or provoking, consciously or otherwise, sensual desire, usually applied to the female sex.
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Volumetric capnography
The plot of the expired partial pressure of carbon dioxide versus the expired tidal volume during a breath.
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Volumetric brain imaging
Measurement of the size of specific structures within the brain with magnetic resonance imaging or other devices. It is used to diagnose and identify brain diseases noninvasively. Atrophy of certain anterior brain structures is found in patients with frontotemporal dementia. In schizophrenia, the hippocampus and amygdala are reduced. Other findings have been demonstrated in depression,…
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Volumetric analysis
Quantitative analysis performed by the measurement of the volume of solutions or liquids.
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Volume rendering
The imaging of the surface elements, internal geometry, and components of a three-dimensional structure.
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Volume percent
The number of cubic centimeters (milliliters) of a substance (usually oxygen or carbon dioxide) contained in 100 ml of another substance (e.g., blood).
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Minute volume
The volume of gas expired or inspired per minute in quiet breathing, usually measured as expired ventilation.
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Hospital volume
The number of cases of specific conditions (e.g., stroke, acute myocardial infarction, or organ transplantation) treated at an inpatient facility. Morbidity and mortality are typically lowest in treatment centers where professional staff has the greatest clinical experience.
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Compressed volume
The portion of the mechanically delivered tidal volume that is not delivered to the patient owing to expansion of the ventilator circuit with pressure. Tubing with a high compliance increases the compressed volume, especially when the tidal volume is delivered under high pressure.
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