Sellick's maneuver: To do or not do

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1360-1362

  Ovassapian, Andranik ^a   Salem, M Ramez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRICOID PRESSURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LUNG ASPIRATION; MANOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; STOMACH CONTENT; ACID ASPIRATION; CRICOID; ESOPHAGUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CRICOID CARTILAGE; ESOPHAGUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION;

EID: 70350738627     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181b763c0     Document Type: Editorial

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