Intubation

Short description: Insertion of a tube into the body for medical purposes

This term often refers specifically to Tracheal intubation.

Intubation

ICD-9-CM| 96.0
MeSH| D007440

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Intubation (sometimes entubation) is a medical procedure involving the insertion of a tube into the body. Patients are generally anesthetized beforehand. Examples include tracheal intubation, and the balloon tamponade with a Sengstaken–Blakemore tube (a tube into the gastrointestinal tract).[1]

## See also

* Catheterization
* Nasogastric intubation
* Tracheal intubation
* ROTIGS

## References

1. ↑ Goodman, RS (1986). "True vocal cord paralysis following entubation". The Laryngoscope 96 (10): 1170. doi:10.1288/00005537-198610000-00021. PMID 3762294.

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Medical placement and administration procedures (ICD-9-CM V3 96, ICD-10-PCS 2-3)

Intubation|

* Tracheal intubation
* Balloon tamponade (Sengstaken–Blakemore tube)
* Nasogastric intubation

Therapeutic irrigation|

* Antiseptic lavage
* Gastric lavage
* Arthroscopic lavage
* Ductal lavage
* Vaginal douche

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