Endotracheal intubation

ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION - The placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea for the purpose of ventilating the lungs. The physician passes the tube with the aid of a laryngoscope introduced into the mouth and upper airway.
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Endotracheal Intubation
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Review Date : 10/28/2003
Reviewed By : Cherlin Johnson, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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Traumatic nasogastric or endotracheal intubation
Definition:
Traumatic nasogastric or endotracheal intubation involves putting a tube through the nose into the trachea (airway) or into the stomach.
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For the biopsy, you will be under general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation (breathing tube placed in the airway). The physician will make an incision in the lower neck above the sternum.
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The tube is then connected to the ventilator by a flexible plastic hose. The process of placing the tube is called endotracheal intubation. The tube passes through the vocal cords, so the person is unable to speak.
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Tube, endotracheal: A flexible plastic tube that is put in the mouth and then inserted down into the trachea (the airway). The doctor inserts the tube with the help of a laryngoscope. The procedure is called endotracheal intubation.
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reduce the amount of time in the hospital, and reduce the incidence of treatment failure (return to the hospital, death, or the need for a tube inserted through the mouth or nose and into the chest to deliver oxygen [endotracheal intubation]). 1 ...
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age at high risk for RDS (administered as soon as possible, preferably within 30 minutes of birth) and for the treatment of infants up to 72 hours of age with RDS (confirmed by clinical and radiologic findings) and requiring endotracheal intubation.
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