Effectiveness and risks of cricoid pressure during rapid sequence induction for endotracheal intubation

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Algie, Catherine M ^a   Mahar, Robert K ^b,c   Tan, Hannah B ^d   Wilson, Greer ^e   Mahar, Patrick D ^b,f   Wasiak, Jason ^g  

^a WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CRICOID PRESSURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESSURE AND TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RAPID SEQUENCE INDUCTION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CRICOID; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CRICOID CARTILAGE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84964693748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011656.pub2     Document Type: Review

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