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extubation

extubation

1 7.9
Removing a breathing tube from a person after they can breathe alone
  • noun
  • /ˌɛkstuˈbeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : extubación
  • Intraoperative course, extubation, and postoperative observation were uneventful.

Examples

  • Moreover, when airway complications did occur, they were within the first hour after extubation.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The patient experienced no respiratory difficulty after extubation.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Several conditions must be present at the time of extubation.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The operation was otherwise uneventful, and the patient returned to the ward after extubation.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Recommendations include extubation in the operating room once the patient is fully awake and only minimal use of narcotics.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The median (midpoint) time to successful extubation was seven days in both groups.

    Blog text (31)
  • Postoperatively, extubation failed, and the patient developed right lower lobe pneumonia.

    Academic text (2002)
  • In the anesthesiology literature, great concern is placed on the intubation and extubation of patients with OSA.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Tracheal extubation is considered when patients with sleep apnea fully recover from the depressant effects of the anesthetics.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The patient experienced no respiratory difficulty after extubation.

Synonyms

decannulation
vsextubation
  • Specialized
8.5

To take out a breathing tube from the neck when it is no longer needed

removes a tube from the airway when it is no longer needed

Antonyms

intubation
  • Specialized
20 6.7

Putting a tube into the throat to keep the airway open during breathing problems

Surface Forms

extubation singular
extubations plural

Morphology

extubation = extubate (semi-transparent) = ex + tub + ation

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ation' to the verb 'extubate'; the derivation from 'extubate' to a process noun is regular and clear.

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.