| DVA | developmental venous anomaly; distance visual acuity; duration of voluntary apnea; vindesine |
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| MVC | maximum voluntary contraction; motor vehicle crash; mucin; multivane collimator; myocardial vascular... |
| VIP | vasoactive intestinal peptide; vasoinhibitory peptide; venous impedance plethysmography; ventricular... |
| VO | verbal order; volume overload; voluntary opening |
| vol | volar; volatile; volume; voluntary, volunteer |
| intermittent positive-pressure ventilation | Application of positive pressure to the inspiratory phase when the patient has an artificial airway in place and is connected to a ventilator. See: controlled mechanical ventilation (12 Dec 1998) |
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| lung ventilation agents | <radiology> Xe-133, most commonly used, Xe-127, t = 36.4 days; photons @ 172, 203, 375 keV, can image V after Q, Kr-81m, very expensive, t = 13 sec; photon 190 keV, can repeat V in each projection, Tc-99m DTPA aerosol, can image V in mult. Projections, image Q after V, 1 mCi most likely to be 50-75 mrad to lung, V/Q imaging (12 Dec 1998) |