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Supposing you're in the icu on life support. how do you let out waste?
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Depends: Sometimes there are catheters in the bladder or tubes in the rectum to collect waste. Other times, the patient excretes into a bed pan. Or, waste is excreted, and cleaned up by hand.
Answered 3/4/2014
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