Sentences with phrase «stomach contents if»

The endotracheal tube allows controlled respirations if the patient is not breathing well on his or her own, and prevents accidental inhalation of stomach contents if the pet vomits under anesthesia.

Not exact matches

He decided to put a tube down into William's stomach and pull out the contents to see if there was more blood.

One of the most common signs of overfeeding is spitting up, and this can occur if your newborn's stomach simply can not handle all of its contents.

If an emergency arises, you may need general anesthesia, which puts you at risk for vomiting while you're unconscious and inhaling your stomach contents into your lungs.

GERD may cause babies to either undereat (if they associate feeding with the after - feeding pain, or if it hurts to swallow) or overeat (because sucking keeps the stomach contents down in the stomach and because mother's milk is a natural antacid).

Also, if some of the stomach contents get into the nose or lungs, a baby with GERD might develop respiratory problems like pneumonia, a cough at night, or sinus or ear infections.

If your baby has a chronic cough or wheeze, it could be caused by the acidic stomach contents irritating the esophagus.

It can also help to sleep sitting propped up a little as gravity will help (to a certain degree) stop the stomach contents making their back way up into your throat if you are upright.

If stomach pH is not right, the pyloric sphincter won't release the stomach contents into the duodenum

It is also good to read packages carefully to see if the food contains meat by - products, which are the parts of an animal not fit for human consumption (heads, necks, stomach contents, organs).

It is true that wild dogs receive most of their nutrition from animal sources, but they will occasionally eat plant foods if meat is not available — they also consume some plant foods in the stomach contents of their prey.

Analyzation of vomit or stomach contents may help if you are unsure what plant your dog has ingested.

If you use human toothpaste, this can cause an upset stomach and the contents of their lunch may end up on your floor.

However, if the dog is not vomiting the doctor will need to pump the dog's stomach and wash out the stomach contents.

If this is successful, a gastric levage may be instituted to wash out accumulated food, gastric juices, or other stomach contents.

If a dog has eaten, or is suspected to have eaten a foreign object or a large amount of food, radiographs may be performed to check the contents of the stomach, and ensure everything will be able to pass uneventfully through the intestines.

If he is not vomiting, she may induce it to rid his stomach of any remaining contents.

Wild dogs (wolves) are not strictly carnivores in the way that cats are — they consume a limited amount of plant material in the stomach contents of their prey and they will sometimes eat plants in the wild if meat is not available.

Here as a post-script it is noted that the ILL - AFFECTS of HEARTBURN can and WILL falsely elevate ASD tests to make the readings unreliable if a subject has alcohol from a recent drink undigested in his stomach and that subject regurgitates the contents within 15 minutes prior to taking a breath test on any ASD currently used by the police in BC.