to extubate

Examples

• All

• The child was extubated after 3 weeks, and after 5 weeks of hospitalization, he recovered completely.

  Academic text (2013)

• The inmate, who we will call Mr. B, was extubated and placed on oxygen via nasal cannula to maintain oxygen saturation greater than 90%.

  Academic text (2007)

• We could actually extubate the patient on the table.

  Academic text (2007)

• Finally, at the end of the procedure, we could actually extubate the patient on the table.

  Academic text (2007)

• All patients are extubated while they are awake in the operating room immediately following surgery.

  Academic text (1999)

• Over the next week, the patient's overall medical condition improved, and he was successfully extubated.

  Academic text (2006)

• After two days in intensive care, she was extubated, and five days later, she was discharged from the hospital.

  Academic text (2007)

• The patient was extubated without incident and monitored in the hospital overnight.

  Academic text (2010)

• The patient was extubated the following morning in the PICU.

  Academic text (1995)

• The doctor decided to extubate the patient once they were stable.

Antonyms

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to intubate

• Specialized

57 8.6

To put a tube into the windpipe to help someone breathe

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