Cricoid pressure: Where do we stand?

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-6

  Bhatia, Nidhi ^a   Bhagat, Hemant ^a   Sen, Indu ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; cricoid pressure; Sellick maneuver

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893475767     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: 22312730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.125683     Document Type: Article

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