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Cannula
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cannula [′kan·yə·lə]
(medicine)
A small tube that can be inserted into a body cavity, duct, or vessel.

Cannula 

a hollow tube with a blunt end designed for intro-ducing into the human (or animal) body drugs or X-ray contrastmedia, restoring the patency of the respiratory tract, or with-drawing fluids from the body cavities. It is also used for anatomi-cal, pathologicoanatomic, and laboratory studies. Cannulas aremade of metal, glass, or plastic.



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The Novalung[R] iLA is attached to the systemic circulation by percutaneous cannulation (a preferred method) to the femoral artery and vein receiving only part of the cardiac output (1 L/min to 2 L/min) for extracorporeal gas exchange (Fischer & Strueber, 2006).
Among specific topics are cannulation techniques for cardiopulmonary bypass, minimally invasive cardiac surgical coronary artery bypass grafting, repairing the myxomatous degenerated mitral valve, thoracic endovascular aortic repair for descending thoracic aortic and aortic arch aneurysms, pulsatile and axial ventricular support, and heart-lung transplantation.
I began a steep learning curve into the realities of nursing now and immersed myself in getting every certification there was to get--to be able to administer intravenous (IV) narcotics, manage patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), administer IV medications, cannulation and venepuncture.
 
 
 
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