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1. respiratory i. 2. pulmonary valve i.Medical dictionary. 2011.
insufficiency — Lack of completeness of function or power. SEE ALSO: incompetence. [L. in , neg. + sufficientia, fr. sufficio to suffice] accommodative i. a lack of appropriate accommodation for near focus. acute adrenocortical i. severe adrenocortical i. when… … Medical dictionary
Pulmonary hypertension — Pulmonary arterial hypertension Classification and external resources The pulmonary artery receives blood (blue arrow) from the right ventricle of the heart; increased pressure on the artery can impair the function of the right ventricle ICD … Wikipedia
Pulmonary embolism — Classification and external resources Chest spiral CT scan with radiocontrast agent showing multiple filling defects both at the bifurcation and in the pulmonary arteries. ICD 10 … Wikipedia
Pulmonary contusion — Classification and external resources A CT scan showing a pulmonary contusion (red arrow) accompanied by a rib fracture (blue arrow) ICD 10 S … Wikipedia
Pulmonary compliance — (or lung compliance) can refer to either dynamic or static lung compliance. Static lung compliance is the change in volume for any given applied pressure.[1] Dynamic lung compliance is the compliance of the lung at any given time during actual… … Wikipedia
Pulmonary valve insufficiency — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 11014 ICD10 = ICD10|I|37|1|i|30, ICD10|Q|22|2|q|20 ICD9 = ICD9|424.3, ICD9|746.09 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 1964 MeshID = D011665 Pulmonary valve… … Wikipedia
Pulmonary surfactant — Diagram of the alveoli with both cross section and external view Pulmonary surfactant is a surface active lipoprotein complex (phospholipoprotein) formed by type II alveolar cells. The proteins and lipids that surfactant comprises have both a… … Wikipedia
insufficiency of the valves — valvular insufficiency 1. dysfunction of one of the cardiac valves, with incomplete valve closure resulting in valvular regurgitation; see aortic i., mitral i., pulmonary i., and tricuspid i. 2. venous i … Medical dictionary
pulmonary valve insufficiency — defective functioning of the pulmonary valve, with incomplete closure resulting in pulmonic regurgitation … Medical dictionary
pulmonary incompetence — see under insufficiency … Medical dictionary
