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A low-cost alternative is a condom balloon tamponade, a form of intrauterine tamponade, created from a catheter, a male latex condom, and a string to tie the condom to the catheter. The method was developed in Bangladesh in 2001 by Sayeba Akhter and has since been supported by health workers worldwide as an effective method to stop postpartum ...
The esophageal balloon should not remain inflated for more than six hours, to avoid necrosis. The gastric lumen is used to aspirate stomach contents. [citation needed] Generally, Sengstaken–Blakemore tubes and Minnesota tubes are used only in emergencies where bleeding from presumed varices is impossible to control with medication alone.
Intubation (sometimes entubation) is a medical procedure involving the insertion of a tube into the body.Most commonly, intubation refers to tracheal intubation, a procedure during which an endotracheal tube is inserted into the trachea to support patient ventilation.
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Uterine balloon tamponade (UBT) is a non-surgical method of treating refractory postpartum hemorrhage. Once postpartum hemorrhage has been identified and medical management given (including agents such as uterotonics and tranexamic acid ), UBT may be employed to tamponade uterine bleeding without the need to pursue operative intervention.
Tamponade (/ ˌ t æ m. p ə ˈ n eɪ d / [1]) is the closure or blockage (as of a wound or body cavity) by or as if by a tampon, especially to stop bleeding. [2] Tamponade is a useful method of stopping a hemorrhage .
My understanding was that a 4-lumen tube (2 aspirates, 2 balloons) was known as a "Minnesota tube" and that Sengstaken-Blakemore tubes had a gastric aspirate alone. I may be mistaken -- Samir धर्म 08:11, 14 August 2006 (UTC)