Effect of cricoid pressure on the ease of fibrescope-aided tracheal intubation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 909-913

  Asai, T ^a   Murao, K ^a   Johmura, S ^a   Shingu, K ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy: cricoid cartilage; Intubation, tracheal: difficult

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIGLOTTIS; FIBEROSCOPE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OCCLUSION; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRICOID CARTILAGE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE;

EID: 0036714817     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2002.02706.x     Document Type: Article

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