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  2. Whole lung lavage - Wikipedia

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    A double lumen endotracheal tube is used to keep one lung breathing while the other is being washed. The lung to be washed is filled with fluid by gravity, then drained. Drainage can be done by suction [2] or gravity. [10] Some versions add a shaking step between the filling and draining to help with the washing. [2]

  3. Chest tube - Wikipedia

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    The third chamber is the suction control chamber. The height of the water in this chamber regulates the negative pressure applied to the system. A gentle bubbling through the water column minimizes evaporation of the fluid and indicates that the suction is being regulated to the height of the water column.

  4. List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments - Wikipedia

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    According to Cancer Research UK, "there is currently no strong evidence from studies in people that herbal remedies can treat, prevent or cure cancer". [8] Holistic medicine – a general term for an approach to medicine which encompasses mental and spiritual aspects, and which is manifested in sundry complementary and alternative methods ...

  5. Basic airway management - Wikipedia

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    This is the case of pregnant women, obese people, and others. Chest thrusts are applied in the same manner as abdominal thrusts, but pressing inwards on the lower half of the sternum (the chest bone). As a reference, the zone of pressure of the chest thrusts in women would be normally higher than the level of the breasts.

  6. Gastric intubation - Wikipedia

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    In non-emergency situations, intermittent suction is often applied giving the benefits of suction without the untoward effects of damage to the stomach lining. [4] Suction drainage is also used for patients who have undergone a pneumonectomy in order to prevent anesthesia-related vomiting and possible aspiration of any stomach contents. Such ...

  7. Chest drainage - Wikipedia

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    External suction (previously referred to as active suction) is used to create a sub-atmospheric pressure at the tip of a catheter.As the atmospheric pressure is lower compared to the intrapleural pressure, the lack of external suction (which was previously referred to as passive suction) is used to drain air and fluids. [1]

  8. Respiratory arrest - Wikipedia

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    Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation is the delivery of positive pressure ventilation through a tight-fitting mask that covers the nose and mouth. It assists patients who can spontaneously breathe. Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation delivers end-expiratory pressure with a volume control setting.

  9. Pulmonary aspiration - Wikipedia

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    People with significant underlying disease or injury are at greater risk for developing respiratory complications following pulmonary aspiration, especially hospitalized patients, because of certain factors such as depressed level of consciousness and impaired airway defenses (gag reflex and respiratory tract antimicrobial defense system ...