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A dilator is something that expands the diameter of a tube. A dilator may be medical, as with medications that dilate the pupils or the tubes of the lungs. A dilator may also be a medical device, as with the instrument used in D&C.
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A dilator is a medical device used to gently stretch or widen a body opening or cavity. It is commonly used in medical procedures to help with tissue expansion or to treat conditions that cause narrowing or scarring of the body's passageways. Dilators come in various shapes and sizes depending on the specific medical need.
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Is the Maloney dilator used under sterile conditions?
Not quite sure, but the Maloney dilator is handed down the esophagus by the anesthetist who is not sterile.
What drug classification is aminophylline?
it is a broncho dilator ^^
What is a bakes dilator?
common bile duct
What do you use first a bronchial dilator or a steroid?
It depends on what is wrong with the patient.
Why is the maloney dilator inserted under non-sterile conditions?
This maloney dilator is used during a Nissen procedure to prevent suture from being too tight outup Nissen Fundoplication surgical procedure
How do you spell turbutalene?
The correct spelling of the generic drug name is terbutaline (bronchial dilator).
Is caffeine a dilator and vasoconstrictor?
it acts a constrictor decreasing the diamater of an artery and increasing blood pressure
What is the procedure code for Dilation of urethral stricture by passage of sound or urethral dilator male initial?
53600
What is the CPT Code for percutaneous introduction of a needle wire dilator to provide for insertion of an indwelling oxygen tube?
31730
The muscles that cause mydriasis and miosi?
The dilator muscle which makes the pupil larger and the constrictor muscle which makes the pupil smaller.
What facial muscle flares the nostrils?
The Nasalis muscule is the main muscle of the nose. It consists of two parts; the transverse (compressor naris) and the alar (dilator naris). The dilator naris arises from the maxilla superior to the compressor naris and attaches to the alar cartilages of the nose. It widens the anterior nasal aperture, i.e., it "flares the nostrils."
Why is the maloney dilator not sterile?
Maloney Dilators are not "sterile". They are high level disinfected. This can be accomplished by either Cidex OPA or using a Medivator.
