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Intubation

Intubation
Intervention
ICD-9-CM 96.0
MeSH

Intubation, sometimes entubation,[1] commonly refers to tracheal intubation, which is the medical term for insertion of a tube into the trachea, usually in the setting of anesthesia or ventilation in critically ill patients.

Other usage of the term includes introduction of a tube into the gastrointestinal tract, e.g. balloon tamponade with a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube.

See also

References

  1. ^ Goodman, RS (1986). "True vocal cord paralysis following entubation". The Laryngoscope 96 (10): 1170.  
Medical placement and administration procedures (ICD-9-CM V3 96, ICD-10-PCS 2-3)
Intubation
Therapeutic irrigation


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