endotracheal extubation


extubation

 [eks″too-ba´shun] removal of a previously inserted tube, such as an endotracheal tube, catheter, drain, or feeding tube, from an organ, orifice, or other body structure. See also intubation.endotracheal extubation in the nursing interventions classification, a intervention" >nursing intervention defined as purposeful removal of the endotracheal tube" >endotracheal tube from the nasopharynx or oropharyngeal airway.