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intubation

In medicine, operation that involves the introduction of a tube through the mouth and into the larynx to keep the air passage open.



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reduce the frequency of cannulation in venously challenged patients;
Assuming that most mosquito saliva is injected during the intradermal probing period that precedes cannulation of a blood vessel and that infection of the host correlates with the duration of salivation during probing, probing frequency could affect transmission outcome and should be investigated.
The most common cause today is trauma, usually as a result of injection (by intravenous drug users) or cannulation of the vein.
 
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