Cricoid pressure application to awake volunteers: Discomfort cannot be used to indicate appropriate force [5]

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 114-115

  MaG Palmer, James H ^a   Yentis, Steve M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ASPIRATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRICOID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TIDAL VOLUME; VOLUNTEER; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 14944356726     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03018595     Document Type: Letter

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