A pilot randomized clinical trial assessing the effect of cricoid pressure on risk of aspiration

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 175-182

  Bohman, J Kyle ^a   Kashyap, Rahul ^a   Lee, Augustine ^b   He, Zhaoping ^c   Soundar, Sam ^c   Bolling, Laura L ^c   Kor, Daryl J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

aspiration; cricoid pressure; intubation; microaspiration; pepsin

Indexed keywords

PEPSIN A; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BIOMARKERS; CRICOID CARTILAGE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPSIN A; PILOT PROJECTS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84978414621     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/crj.12508     Document Type: Article

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