Cricoid pressure results in compression of the postcricoid hypopharynx: The esophageal position is irrelevant

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1546-1552

  Rice, Mark J ^a   Mancuso, Anthony A ^a   Gibbs, Charles ^a   Morey, Timothy E ^a   Gravenstein, Nikolaus ^a   Deitte, Lori A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CRICOID; CRICOID PRESSURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTCRICOID HYPOPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLICK MANEUVER; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VERTEBRA BODY; ACID ASPIRATION; CERVICAL SPINE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CRICOID CARTILAGE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION;

EID: 70350707922     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181b05404     Document Type: Article

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