Ultrasound evaluation of the impact of cricoid pressure versus novel ‘paralaryngeal pressure’ on anteroposterior oesophageal diameter

Anaesthesia

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1024-1029

  Andruszkiewicz, P ^a   Wojtczak, J ^b   Wroblewski, L ^a   Kaczor, M ^a   Sobczyk, D ^c   Kowalik, I ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny Im Jana Pawła II   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

anaesthesia; cricoid pressure; intubation; regurgitation; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID CARTILAGE; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; ULTRASOUND; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 84982134997     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13518     Document Type: Article

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