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Dobhoff tube, which is a small bore NG tube with a weight at the end intended to pull it by gravity during insertion. The name "Dobhoff" refers to its inventors, surgeons Dr. Robert Dobbie and Dr. James Hoffmeister, who invented the tube in 1975.
A Miller–Abbott tube is a tube used to treat obstructions in the small intestine through intubation. [1] It was developed in 1934 by William Osler Abbott and Thomas Grier Miller . The device is around 3 metres (9.8 ft) [ 2 ] long and has a distal balloon at one end.
Chest tube have an end hole (proximal, toward the patient) and a series of side holes. The number of side holes is generally 6 on most chest tubes. The length of tube that has side holes is the effective drainage length (EDL). In chest tubes designed for pediatric heart surgery, the EDL is shorter, generally by only having 4 side holes. [17]
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A gastric feeding tube (G-tube or "button") is a tube inserted through a small incision in the abdomen into the stomach and is used for long-term enteral nutrition. One type is the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube which is placed endoscopically. The position of the endoscope can be visualized on the outside of the person's abdomen ...
Videos are made available via HTTP to download, but playback favors a peer-to-peer playback using HLS and WebRTC P2P. [8] Users connected to the platform act as relay points that send pieces of video to other users, [ 9 ] lessening the bandwidth of each to the server and thus allowing smaller hardware to operate at a lower cost.
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It consists of a cuffed, double-lumen tube that is inserted through the patient's mouth to secure an airway and enable ventilation.Generally, the distal tube (tube two, clear) enters the esophagus, where the cuff is inflated and ventilation is provided through the proximal tube (tube one, blue) which opens at the level of the larynx.