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Vegetative state

Variations in Impaired ConsciousnessSidebar

Vein(s)

Blood Vessels
Blood Vessels: Circulating the BloodFigures

  • blockage of

  • see Deep vein thrombosis

  • in blood pressure control

  • Low Blood Pressure

  • disorders of

  • Venous Disorders
    Umbrellas: One Way to Prevent Pulmonary EmbolismFigures
    Valves in Varicose VeinsFigures

  • filters in

  • Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT): Treatment
    Umbrellas: One Way to Prevent Pulmonary EmbolismFigures
    Pulmonary Embolism (PE): Physical Measures

  • in heart disease

  • Diagnosis: Medical History and Physical Examination

  • inflammation of

  • Occlusive Peripheral Arterial Disease: Symptoms

  • in vasculitis

  • Vasculitic Disorders

  • liver (hepatic)

  • View of the Liver and GallbladderFigures
    Liver: Blood Supply of the Liver
    Blood Supply of the LiverFigures
    Blood Vessel Disorders of the Liver

  • in Budd-Chiari syndrome

  • Budd-Chiari Syndrome

  • in heart failure

  • Congestive Hepatomegaly

  • occlusive disease of

  • Veno-occlusive Disease of the Liver

  • renal

  • Kidneys
    Viewing the Urinary TractFigures
    Kidney's Blood SupplyFigures

  • metastasis of

  • Kidney Cancer: Treatment

  • thrombosis of

  • Renal Vein Thrombosis

  • spider

  • Varicose Veins
    Varicose Veins: Injection Therapy (Sclerotherapy)

  • in ataxia-telangiectasia

  • Ataxia-Telangiectasia

  • radiation therapy and

  • Radiation Injury: Radiation Therapy for Cancer

  • stripping of

  • Varicose Veins: Surgery

  • valves in

  • Venous Disorders
    One-Way Valves in the VeinsFigures

  • varicose

  • see also Varicose veins
    Varicose Veins
    Valves in Varicose VeinsFigures

    Vena cava

  • lung cancer spread to

  • Cancer of the Lungs: Complications

  • metastasis of

  • Kidney Cancer: Treatment

    Venereal disease

    see also HIV infection
    Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    Types of Sexually Transmitted DiseasesTables

  • prevention of

  • How to Use a CondomSidebar

    Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test

    Syphilis: Diagnosis

    Venography

    Angiography: Venography
    Diagnostic Procedures Tables

  • magnetic resonance

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Magnetic Resonance Venography

    Venomous snake bites

    Snake Bites

    Veno-occlusivedisease

  • pulmonary

  • Mitral Stenosis: Cause

    Veno-occlusive disease, of liver

    Veno-occlusive Disease of the Liver

    Ventilating (tympanostomy) tubes

    Ventilating Tubes: Treating Recurring Ear InfectionsFigures

    Ventilation, mechanical

    see also Breath; Breathing
    Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Treatment of Flare-ups
    Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Treatment
    Mechanical Ventilation

  • in apnea of prematurity

  • Apnea of Prematurity: Treatment

  • in bronchiolitis

  • Bronchiolitis: Prognosis and Treatment

  • bronchopulmonary dysplasia with

  • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)

  • in meconium aspiration syndrome

  • Meconium Aspiration Syndrome

  • in persistent pulmonary hypertension

  • Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension: Treatment

  • in poisoning

  • Poisoning: Diagnosis and Treatment

    Ventilation scan

    Diagnosis: Chest Imaging
    Pulmonary Embolism (PE): Diagnosis

  • in pregnancy

  • Risk Factors That Develop During Pregnancy: Thromboembolic Disease

    Ventricles

    Heart
    A Look Into the HeartFigures
    Heart: Function of the Heart

  • aneurysm of

  • Complications of a Heart AttackSidebar

  • in tetralogy of Fallot

  • Heart Defects: Tetralogy of Fallot
    Tetralogy of Fallot: Four DefectsFigures

  • thickening of

  • Heart Failure: Compensatory Mechanisms
    Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Ventricular fibrillation

    Ventricular Fibrillation

    Ventricular premature beats

    Ventricular Premature Beats

    Ventricular septal defect

    Heart Defects: Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects
    Septal Defect: A Hole in the Heart's WallFigures

  • in tetralogy of Fallot

  • Heart Defects: Tetralogy of Fallot
    Tetralogy of Fallot: Four DefectsFigures

    Ventricular tachycardia

    Ventricular Tachycardia

    Ventriculography

    Diagnosis: Coronary Angiography

    Venules

    Blood Vessels
    Blood Vessels: Circulating the BloodFigures

    Verbal apraxia

    Specific Types of Dysfunction: Apraxia

  • rehabilitation for

  • Specific Problems: Verbal Apraxia

    Vernal conjunctivitis

    Allergic Conjunctivitis

    Vernix caseosa

    Initial Care

    Verrucae

    see Warts

    Verruca vulgaris

    Infections: Verruca Vulgaris

    Vertebrae

    see also Spine
    Spinal Cord
    How the Spine Is OrganizedFigures
    Low Back Pain

  • age-associated changes in

  • Changes in the Body: Bones and Joints

  • degenerative disease of

  • Joint Disorders: Symptoms
    Low Back Pain: Causes

  • fracture of

  • Osteoporosis: Symptoms
    Osteoporosis: Treatment of Fractures
    Spine
    Low Back Pain: Pain Due to Compression of a Spinal Nerve Root

  • infection of

  • Osteomyelitis: Symptoms
    Osteomyelitis: Treatment

  • inflammation of (ankylosing spondylitis)

  • Other Types of Inflammatory Arthritis: Ankylosing Spondylitis
    Low Back Pain: Causes

  • osteoporosis and

  • Osteoporosis: Symptoms
    Low Back Pain: Causes

  • in Paget's disease

  • Paget's Disease of Bone: Symptoms

    Vertebrobasilar insufficiency

    Vertigo: Disorders That Affect the Brain

    Vertebroplasty

    Osteoporosis: Treatment of Fractures

    Vertex presentation, for delivery

    Labor
    Position and Presentation of the FetusFigures
    Physical Examination

    Vertigo

    Classifying DizzinessTables
    Vertigo

  • after diving

  • Barotrauma: Symptoms

  • benign positional

  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (Benign Positional Vertigo)
    The Epley Maneuver: A Simple Cure for a Common Cause of VertigoFigures

  • in decompression sickness

  • Decompression Sickness: Symptoms

  • in Meniere's disease

  • Meniere's Disease

  • in vestibular neuronitis

  • Vestibular Neuronitis

    Vesicles

    Medical Names for Marks and Growths on the SkinSidebar

    Vesicoenteric fistula

    Bladder Infection (Cystitis): Both Sexes

    Vesicoureteral reflux

    Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

    Vestibular nerve

  • surgery on

  • Meniere's Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment

  • tumors of

  • Auditory Nerve Tumors

    Vestibular neuritis

    Vertigo: Symptoms

    Vestibular neuronitis

    Vestibular Neuronitis

    Vestibular schwannoma

    Auditory Nerve Tumors

    Vestibular system

    A Look Inside the EarFigures
    Ears: Inner Ear

    Vestibulitis

  • vulvar

  • Common Causes of DysuriaTables

    Vestibulitis, nasal

    Nasal Vestibulitis

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