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Feeding tube

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Definition
Aspiration   To cough up a foreign substance  
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Pneumothorax   A collection of air in chest  
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Atelectasis   The collasping of a lung  
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Malpositioning   Bad placement  
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Pleural Effusion   Too much fluid in the pleural cavity  
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Feeding Tube   A tube that helps nourshment of a patient that can't eat on their own  
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pH Testing   To measure the acidity of the stomach  
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Ausculation   to listen to the lungs  
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Chest X-ray   To use radioactive rays to view the chest  
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Insufflated Air   Gurgling  
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Gastrointestinal   Relating to the stomach and intestines  
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Esophagus   tube from your mouth to the stomach  
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Endotracheal   Within the trachea  
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Regurgitation   the back flow of a substance from the mouth  
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Consciousness   the feeling of awareness  
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Sedated   to be put to sleep  
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Intubated   to have a tube inserted  
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Debilitated   to take strength away  
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Inadvertent   to be careless  
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Pleural Cavity   A spacebetween the pleura, teo thin membranes that lines the lungs  
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