Anything that interferes with ventilation to a lung or anything that interferes with distribution of blood through the pulmonary circulation result in what is called:

A) ventilation-respiration (VP) mismatch.
B) ventilation-alveolar (VA) mismatch.
C) ventilation-oxygenation (VO) mismatch.
D) ventilation-perfusion (VQ) mismatch.


D

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