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2. Nasal cannula - Wikipedia

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   The nasal cannula (NC) is a device used to deliver supplemental oxygen or increased airflow to a patient or person in need of respiratory help. This device consists of a lightweight tube which on one end splits into two prongs which are placed in the nostrils curving toward the sinuses behind the nose, and from which a mixture of air and oxygen flows. [1]

3. Heated humidified high-flow therapy - Wikipedia

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   The traditional low flow system used for medical gas delivery is the Nasal cannula which is limited to the delivery of 1–6 L/min of oxygen or up to 15 L/min in certain types. This is because even with quiet breathing, the inspiratory flow rate at the nares of an adult usually exceeds 30 L/min.

4. Cannula - Wikipedia

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   Drawing of a nasal cannula. A nasal cannula or an oral–nasal cannula consists of a flexible tube, usually with multiple short, open-ended branches for comfortable insertion into the nostrils and/or mouth, and may be used for the delivery of a gas (such as pure oxygen), a gas mixture (as, for example, during anesthesia), or to measure airflow ...

5. Glossary of breathing apparatus terminology - Wikipedia

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   Heated humidified high-flow therapy, also known as high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) or high flow therapy (HFT), is a type of respiratory support that delivers a flow of medical breathing gas to a patient of up to 60 L/min and 100% oxygen through a large bore nasal cannula. originally used for neonates, it is also effective in some adults to treat ...

6. Breathing apparatus - Wikipedia

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   A nasal cannula is relatively unobtrusive and is widely used for supplemental oxygen. The basic version is used to deliver continuous flow supplemental oxygen at rates from 1 to 6 litres per minute. The basic version is used to deliver continuous flow supplemental oxygen at rates from 1 to 6 litres per minute.

7. List of instruments used in otorhinolaryngology, head and ...

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   double bent sucker; used as a sucker in operations of the mouth Lichtwitz antrum-puncture trocar and canula: used in nasal sinus surgery; conform presence of puss in maxillary sinus; cytological examination of antral wash out fluid; lavage of the maxillary sinus; introduction of medication and indwelling polythene tube into the sinus