Tracheal intubation, usually called simply intubation, is the placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit for administering drugs, most commonly to allow mechanical ventilation and the delivery of general anesthetic gases in an anesthetized or critically ill patient. The practice has roots in medieval medicine: the Persian physician Ibn Sina described using intubation to assist breathing around 1025, and Andreas Vesalius gave the first detailed account of tracheal intubation with artificial respiration in animals in 1543. The modern technique developed through Manuel Garcia's 1854 study of the living glottis, Eugene Bouchut's 1858 non-surgical intubation method, William Macewen's pioneering orotracheal intubation in 1880 and Chevalier Jackson's establishment of direct laryngoscopy as a reliable technique by 1913; today it remains the most dependable way to secure oxygenation and ventilation during general anesthesia, typically performed after the patient has been given anesthetic and neuromuscular-blocking drugs.
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Tracheal intubation, usually simply referred to as intubation, is the placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea (windpipe) to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through which to administer certain drugs.
2. Wikipedia: Tracheal Intubation
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In 1880, Scottish surgeon William Macewen (1848-1924) reported on his use of orotracheal intubation as an alternative to tracheotomy to allow a patient with glottic edema to breathe, as well as in the setting of general anesthesia with chloroform.
Wikidata: Endotracheal Intubation
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What is endotracheal intubation most commonly used for?
Mechanical ventilation and delivery of general anesthetic gases.
It is most commonly used to allow mechanical ventilation and the delivery of general anesthetic gases in an anesthetized or critically ill patient. It remains the most dependable way to secure oxygenation and ventilation during general anesthesia, and is typically performed after the patient has been given anesthetic and neuromuscular-blocking drugs.
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