The effects of single-handed and bimanual cricoid pressure on the view at laryngoscopy

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 332-335

  Yentis, S M ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intubation, tracheal; cricoid pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESSURE;

EID: 0030960977     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.87-az0089.x     Document Type: Article

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