Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To remove the tube from (the larynx) after intubation (which see).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb surgery To remove a
tube from a holloworgan or from anairway
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Examples
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Once the patient is tubed and if the tube is keeping the patient from dying, you can't just extubate on your own without family consent.
Just (Don't) Do It 1 Dinosaur 2008
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Her neural response led to the pressures being reduced, and her oxygenation levels stabilized, and we were finally able to extubate her after one week on NAVA.
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Charlie has been stabilizing and this morning they were able to extubate him again.
Jew Eat Yet? 2009
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“They’re going to extubate him when he wakes up, right?”
State of the Union Brad Thor 2004
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“They’re going to extubate him when he wakes up, right?”
State of the Union Brad Thor 2004
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“They’re going to extubate him when he wakes up, right?”
State of the Union Brad Thor 2004
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