Sentences with phrase «tube placement in»

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Placing a shunt or tube in the ventricles — The placement of a shunt in the brain allows our team to drain the spinal fluid that has built up in the ventricles and direct it to other parts of the body, alleviating the enlarged ventricles that have caused the condition.

Residents perform many NICU procedures, such as intubation, placement of IV and arterial lines, lumbar puncture, and chest tube insertion Resident teams may be composed of members in varying years of their residency training; often senior residents will help supervise junior residents.

Grommet tube placement surgery is carried out in an operating theatre with the use of general anaesthetic, which is a major point of concern for parents who worry about its potential negative impact on brain development in young children.

It aids in the treatment of feline hyperthyroidism, endoscopic placement of feeding tubes, and endoscopy retrieval of foreign objects from the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.

It allows placement of a tube in the trachea to prevent inhalation of tartar particles.

- Obesity - Anesthesia involving the placement of an endotracheal tube - Development of kennel cough or other respiratory infection - Increased respiratory irritants in the air (cigarette smoke, dust, etc.)- Heart enlargement (the heart can get so big that it presses on the trachea)- If a secondary factor such as one of those listed above should occur and make a previously incidental collapsed trachea a problem, often removal of the secondary factor (weight loss program, getting an air filter, etc.) may clear up the symptoms of the collapsed trachea.

In most cases oral antibiotics are necessary and sometimes surgical placement of drain tubes are necessary.

The most common uses of local anesthetics in the rabbit include minor skin procedures (skin biopsies, small tumor removals, IV catheter placement), ophthalmic procedures (tear duct flushing and thorough eye exam) and nasoesophageal tube placement (the drops are put in the nose so the small tube can be placed in the awake patient without discomfort).

Proficient in procedures including GI and GU fluoroscopy, arthrograms, PICC line placements, liver and thyroid biopsies, paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar punctures, and gastric / gastrojejunal tube placements.

In my state LPNs can: place NG tubes, indwelling catheters, place dobhoffs (feeding tubes), give injections, Phlebotomy, start and maintain IVs, hang piggybacks, medication administration, respiratory therapy, wound care, set up and assist chest tube placements, maintain chest tubes, train and supervise CNAs, care plans... lots of care plans, and much more.