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intubation

📅 Updated:2020-01-18
🕒 Created:2019-06-02
🆔 ID:25475

Description

Tracheal intubation, usually simply referred to as intubation, is the placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea (windpipe) to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through which to administer certain drugs.
Consider adding the tracheal_tube tag as well.

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