Cricoid pressure impedes tracheal intubation with the Pentax-AWS Airwayscope®: A prospective randomized trial

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 413-416

  Komasawa, N ^a   Kido, H ^a   Miyazaki, Y ^a   Tatsumi, S ^a   Minami, T ^a   Asai, T ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

airway management; cricoid cartilage; tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SORE THROAT; TIME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84960342480     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev438     Document Type: Article

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