extubation
- noun
- /ˌɛkstuˈbeɪʃən/
- Specialized
- Intraoperative course, extubation, and postoperative observation were uneventful.
Examples
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Moreover, when airway complications did occur, they were within the first hour after extubation.
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The patient experienced no respiratory difficulty after extubation.
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Several conditions must be present at the time of extubation.
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The operation was otherwise uneventful, and the patient returned to the ward after extubation.
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Recommendations include extubation in the operating room once the patient is fully awake and only minimal use of narcotics.
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The median (midpoint) time to successful extubation was seven days in both groups.
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Postoperatively, extubation failed, and the patient developed right lower lobe pneumonia.
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In the anesthesiology literature, great concern is placed on the intubation and extubation of patients with OSA.
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Tracheal extubation is considered when patients with sleep apnea fully recover from the depressant effects of the anesthetics.
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The patient experienced no respiratory difficulty after extubation.
Synonyms
To take out a breathing tube from the neck when it is no longer needed
Antonyms
- Specialized
Putting a tube into the throat to keep the airway open during breathing problems
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word extubation comes from ex- meaning 'out' and tube, so it literally means taking a tube out, which is why extubation is the removal of a breathing tube from a person's airway.