Cricoid pressure: Implications for airway management

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1753-

  Ball, David ^a   Mustafa, Ayman ^b   Jefferson, Paul ^b  

^a DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSEAL LARYNGEAL MASK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREATHING DISORDER; CRICOID PRESSURE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; LARYNGEAL MASK; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

CRICOID CARTILAGE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; PRESSURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77953211464     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181d906ae     Document Type: Letter

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