Cricoid cartilage pressure decreases lower esophageal sphincter tone

Anesthesiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-9

  Tournadre, Jean Pierre ^a   Chassard, Dominique ^a   Berrada, Khalid R ^a   Boulétreau, Paul ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques: cricoid pressure; Complications: aspiration, regurgitation; Gastrointestinal tract: lower esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CRICOID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; STOMACH PRESSURE;

ADULT; CRICOID CARTILAGE; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MALE; STOMACH;

EID: 0031027876     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199701000-00003     Document Type: Article

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