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extubate

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extubate (eks´toobāt),
v to remove a tube, usually an endotracheal anesthesia tube or a Levin gastric suction tube.


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His notes indicated "life-threatening hemorrhaging, check H& H (hemoglobin and hematocrit) and coags (blood coagulation), if not require [sic] more volume wean, extubate.
I didn't even get to extubate one final patient in a long Kubrick one-shot.
It also may be better to extubate patients in the late afternoon when their lung function is at its best and breathing on their own is easier.
 
 
 
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