Cricoid pressure and laryngeal manipulation in 402 pre-hospital emergency anaesthetics: Essential safety measure or a hindrance to rapid safe intubation?

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 810-816

  Harris, Tim ^a,b   Ellis, Daniel Y ^c,d   Foster, Liz ^b   Lockey, David ^b,e  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON'S AIR AMBULANCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Earls Colne   (United Kingdom)

^e FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; Cricoid pressure; Intubation; Laryngeal manipulation; Pre hospital care

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID PRESSURE; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LARYNGEAL MANIPULATION; LUNG ASPIRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESSURE AND TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATOLOGY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRICOID; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; INTENSIVE CARE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR AMBULANCES; ANESTHETICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRICOID CARTILAGE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

EID: 77953703573     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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