The effectiveness of cricoid pressure for occluding the esophageal entrance in anesthetized and paralyzed patients: An experimental and observational glidescope study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 580-586

  Zeidan, Ahed M ^a,b   Salem, M Ramez ^c,d   Mazoit, Jean Xavier ^e,f   Abdullah, Mohamad Ali ^a,g   Ghattas, Tharwat ^a   Crystal, George J ^c,d  

^a Procare Riaya Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^e Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^f ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^g TANTA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRICOID PRESSURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; MALE; MANUAL VENTILATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH TUBE; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CRICOID CARTILAGE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896826357     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000068     Document Type: Article

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