suctioning

The suctioning of particles also prevents them from being breathed into the lungs.

"Some here will do fat suctioning and breast augmentation, and they are advertising heavily."

Oropharyngeal suctioning is likely to be ineffective as secretions are usually beyond the reach of the catheter.

Monitoring flow-volume curves helps in detecting the need for endotracheal suctioning.

High volume filtration and frequent substrate suctioning is recommended to minimize nitrates.

Occasionally a tube will be inserted through the nose or mouth to remove the contents of the stomach (nasogastric suctioning).

Methods used for pulmonary hygiene include suctioning of the airways, chest physiotherapy, blow bottles, and nasotracheal suction.

This allows suctioning of secretions which sit above the cuff which helps reduce the risk of chest infections in long-term intubated patients.

He said that on three previous occasions, the Hall of Famer rebounded with the help of antibiotics and the suctioning of an infected lung.

Gentle suctioning of the oral cavity may be necessary, but aggressive and deep suctioning should be avoided.

If Gelfoam, Surgicel, Thrombogen or Thrombostat are used, autotransfusion can continue, however direct suctioning of these products should be avoided.

Pumps have also been designed that use venturi effects powered by a faucet or water stream, wall suction in hospitals, or pumps powered by oral suctioning.

These included having tubes placed down their throats, needles stuck into their heels to draw blood, catheters inserted in veins and frequent suctioning of the nose and throat.

To the untrained observer, the 15-minute procedure may seem like a form of torture, but to Ms. Mason, the suctioning gives her new life each time it is performed, sometimes twice a day.

Her skin was scratchy, there were sores inside her mouth from her manic suctioning of the copper pipe, and her finger-pads were raw from digging into the floor.

The most popular procedures among men are fat suctioning and face lifts, he said, although some men are having silicone implants inserted into their chests and calves to create a more muscular look.

Most of them come for liposuction and abdominal etching, the suctioning of the abdominal muscles in a special Ninja-Ranger pattern that makes a man look as if he's completed 2,000 situps.

Critics and defenders could test their principles by imagining a video of the procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion, with its suctioning of the brain from a fetus and its collapsing of the skull.

The panel considered only "voluntary" measures to shed unwanted pounds - from appetite suppressants to medically supervised liquid diets, not such techniques as stomach surgery and fat suctioning, and it only addressed weight problems in adults, not children.

The administration can decide whether it applies to aspiration, or suctioning of the uterine lining, for example, or heavy doses of mifepristone, the pill a woman takes to abort an embryo soon after she suspects she might have become pregnant.

Anti-abortion groups portray the abortion method under attack in Congress as brutal, arguing that the partial delivery of the fetus, and the suctioning of the brain through the back of the neck, amounts to killing a fetus "three inches from personhood."

Stress ulcer prophylaxis-The use of sucralfate rather than H antagonists for stress ulcer prophylaxis, and measures to prevent aspiration, such as semirecumbent positioning or continuous subglottic suctioning, have all been shown to reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).