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orotracheal

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orotracheal /oro·tra·che·al/ (-tra´ke-al) pertaining to the mouth and trachea.
orotracheal
pertaining to the mouth and trachea.
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He was found at home by the local Emergency Medical Service (EMS) in respiratory distress and shock and required immediate orotracheal intubation for mechanical ventilation.
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Among the recollections of intensive care patients the most annoying things are the presence of the orotracheal tube, the various attending staff activities and noise.
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In those tenuous patients in whom I worry primarily about copious production of secretions and relatively weak cough, I occasionally place a nasal trumpet before orotracheal tube extraction so as to afford an immediate pathway into the retropharynx and lungs and yet avoid the discomfort of its placement afterward when the patient may be struggling and resisting.
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