Topics: Breath Quiz
Regional discrepancy between alveolar ventilation and capillary blood flow leads to a violation;
A. diffusion capacity of the lungs
B. lung perfusion capacity
C. alveolar hypoventilation
D. alveolar hyperventilation
E. ventilation-perfusion relations
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In what pathology does impairment of lung perfusion play a major role in development of respiratory failure:
A. pulmonary emphysema
B. pulmonary tuberculosis
C. bronchial asthma
D. right ventricular heart failure
E. thromboembolism of the pulmonary arteries