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Intubation vs Extubation - What's the difference?

intubation | extubation |

In medicine terms the difference between intubation and extubation

is that intubation is the introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup while extubation is the removal of a tube inserted by intubation.

intubation

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Noun

  • (medicine) The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.
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    extubation

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    Noun

  • (medicine) The removal of a tube inserted by intubation.