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endotracheal extubation

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endotracheal extubation,
a nursing intervention from the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) defined as purposeful removal of the endotracheal tube from the nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal airway. See also Nursing Interventions Classification.


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The patient was referred to an otolaryngologist, who performed an adenoidectomy; however, after endotracheal extubation in the immediate postoperative period, the patient developed severe respiratory distress and was sent to the pediatric intensive care unit.
 
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