Cannula is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CANNULA in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a tube inserted into a bodily cavity, also CANULA
• a thin tube inserted into a vein or body cavity to administer medication, drain off fluid, or insert a surgical instrument.
• narrow tube for insertion into a bodily cavity
• A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar.
• a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication

Words related to CANNULA

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Words that contain CANNULA

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How to use CANNULA in a sentence

• Ether is dropped on gauze laid over the tracheotomic cannula and the anesthesia watched in the usual manner.
• Where this is the case, the endolaryngeal application of the radium may be made by inserting the container through the tracheotomic wound, and anchoring it to the cannula.
• To begin with, a proper sized cannula must be selected.
• If the operation has not been done too high, and the cannula is too long, a pad of gauze under the shield will take up the surplus length.
• The fenestrum placed in the cannula in many of the older tubes, with the supposed function of allowing partial breathing through the larynx, is a most pernicious thing.
• If respiration has ceased, a cannula is slipped in, and artificial respiration is begun.
• The inner tube of the cannula must be removed and cleaned as soon as it contains secretion.
• If the laryngeal condition has been acute, decannulation can usually be safely done after the patient has been able to sleep quietly for three nights with a corked cannula.
• Do not remove cannula permanently until patient sleeps without indrawing with corked cannula.
• Cover wound with wide large gauze square slit so it fits around cannula under the tape holder.
• Outer cannula should be changed every day by the surgeon or long-experienced tracheotomy nurse.
• A patient with a properly fitted cannula free of secretions breathes noiselessly.
• Decannulation, in cases of tracheotomy done for temporary conditions should not be attempted until the patient has slept at least 3 nights with his cannula tightly corked.
• The wearing of a tracheotomic cannula permits a restoration of the muscle balance and a subsidence of the subglottic inflammation.
• This is best done by inserting a rubber cork in the inner cannula.

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