nasal cannulae

Soft plastic tubes that can be fitted comfortably into the nostrils for the administration of OXYGEN to patients. Nasal cannulae have advantages over masks in that they do not interfere with eating and spectacle wearing and avoid rebreathing of carbon dioxide.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

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arterial catheter
atherectomy catheter
balloon catheter
balloon-tip catheter
Broviac catheter
cannula
Cardiac catheter
Catheter
central venous catheter
condom catheter
de Pezzer catheter
demand oxygen delivery device
directional atherectomy catheter
double-channel catheter
ECMO
eustachian catheter
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
female catheter

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