Cricoid pressure: Which hand?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 648-653

  Cook, T M ^a   Godfrey, I ^b   Rockett, M ^b   Vanner, R G ^b  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: cricoid pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CRICOID; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRICOID CARTILAGE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PRESSURE;

EID: 0033947392     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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