Tube Inserts Articles & Analysis
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’ Often, blood clots are thought of as spherical. But they can form long tubes that can extend some way up the vein. The longer the clot, the more likely it is to break apart and cause a pulmonary embolism. A filter device can be inserted into the vena cava, the vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart. ...
With CoapTech (http://www.coaptech.com/about2/), Steven Tropello and Howard Carolan are working on new technology for replacing patients' feeding tubes. The approach, called Percutaneous Ultrasound Gastrostomy, or PUG, utilizes a device with magnets that doctors can use to guide a feeding tube into place. It also features an ultrasound that allows doctors to see ...
ByCoapTech
Other intubation associated procedures, endotracheal aspiration, suction of body fluids, bronchoscopy, nebulizer treatment, administration of O2, high flow O2, manipulation of O2 mask or BiPAP mask, defibrillation, chest compressions, insertion of nasogastric tube, and collection of sputum were not significant. ...