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Intubation

"Intubation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Introduction of a tube into a hollow organ to restore or maintain patency if obstructed. It is differentiated from CATHETERIZATION in that the insertion of a catheter is usually performed for the introducing or withdrawing of fluids from the body.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Intubation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Intubation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 11 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 1998
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