endotracheal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of endotracheal
Example Sentences
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The Michigan device doesn’t surround babies with fluid, but instead fills only their lungs though an endotracheal tube.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2023
He did not survive the night and senior coroner Andrew Harris said an inquest in March would investigate whether the endotracheal tube should have been repositioned earlier.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2022
They tested monitors and ventilators, and they sorted supplies: bottles of sodium chloride, Foley catheters, endotracheal tubes, disposable stethoscopes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2020
They also employ endotracheal tubes, which protect the airways from the aspiration of stomach contents.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2017
I'd been just another Yale medical student and had never really thought of fighting until I got shut out of an endotracheal intubation seminar and signed up for a boxing class instead.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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