A nurse remembers a low ventilation-perfusion ratio results in:
A) Increased dead space
B) Shunting
C) Alveolar collapse
D) Bronchoconstriction

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Hypoxemia caused by inadequate ventilation of well-perfused areas of the lung is a form of mismatching called shunting.
Hypoxemia caused by inadequate ventilation of well-perfused areas of the lung is a form of mismatching called shunting,not dead space.
Alveolar collapse is called atelectasis.
Hypoxemia caused by inadequate ventilation of well-perfused areas of the lung is a form of mismatching called shunting,not bronchoconstriction.

A Nurse Remembers a Low Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio Results In