Cricoid pressure is effective in preventing esophageal regurgitation [8]

Anesthesiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 242-

  Neelakanta, Gundappa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METOCLOPRAMIDE; PROPOFOL; RANITIDINE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CRICOID; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; EYE SURGERY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038110141     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200307000-00052     Document Type: Letter

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