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11Stridor — ICD 10 R06.1 ICD 9 786.1 Stridor is a high pitched wheezing sound resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway. Stridor is a physical sign which is produced by narrow or obstructed airway path. It can be inspiratory, expiratory or… …
12Ventilator-associated pneumonia — (VAP) is a sub type of hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) which occurs in people who are on mechanical ventilation through an endotracheal or tracheostomy tube for at least 48 hours. VAP is a medical condition that results from infection which… …
13Operation — Although there are many meanings to the word operation , in medicine it refers to a surgical procedure. To put matters more formally, an operation is an act or series of acts performed upon the body with the hand alone or by means of an… …
14infraglottic — Inferior to the glottis. SYN: subglottic. * * * in·fra·glot·tic .in frə glät ik adj situated below the glottis <infraglottic cancer> * * * in·fra·glot·tic (in″frə glotґik) subglottic …
15laryngitis — Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx. [laryngo + G. itis, inflammation] chronic posterior l. a form of l. involving principally the interarytenoid area; thought to be caused by …
16laryngotracheoplasty — Operation to repair subglottic stenosis. * * * la·ryn·go·tra·cheo·plas·ty (lə ring″go traґke o plas″te) plastic expansion of the larynx and trachea for the treatment of subglottic stenosis. laryngotracheoplastic adj …
17Epinephrine — Adrenaline and Adrenalin redirect here. For other uses, see Adrenaline (disambiguation). (R) (–) L Epinephrine or (R) (–) L adrenaline …
18Phonation — has slightly different meanings depending on the subfield of phonetics. Among some phoneticians, phonation is the process by which the vocal folds produce certain sounds through quasi periodic vibration. This is the definition used among those… …
19Artificial respiration — Intervention ICD 9 CM 93.93 MeSH …
20Intubation — In medicine, intubation refers to the placement of a tube into an external or internal orifice of the body. Although the term can refer to endoscopic procedures, it is most often used to denote tracheal intubation. Tracheal intubation is the… …
