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How are breathing treatments administered in the icu?
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Vent or no vent: In the ICU breathing treatments are administered the same way as when a patient is on a hospital ward unless the patient is on a ventilator. When they are on the vent the treatment is administered through the mechanical tubing.
Answered 6/10/2014
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