Using Ultrasonography to Assess the Effectiveness of Cricoid Pressure on Esophageal Compression

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 236-240

  Kei, Jonathan ^a   Utschig, Emily E ^a   van Tonder, Reinier J ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

airway; cricoid pressure; intubation; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION; CRICOID CARTILAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE AND TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; PATHOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CRICOID CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PRESSURE; TRACHEA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85020274182     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.04.025     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Sellick, B.A., Cricoid pressure to control regurgitation of stomach contents during induction of anæsthesia. Lancet 278:7199 (1961), 404–406.
2. Ellis, D.Y., Harris, T., Zideman, D., Cricoid pressure in emergency department rapid sequence tracheal intubations: a risk-benefit analysis. Ann Emerg Med 50 (2007), 653–665.
3. Oh, J., Lim, T., Chee, Y., et al. Videographic analysis of glottic view with increasing cricoid pressure force. Ann Emerg Med 61 (2013), 407–413.
4. Haslam, N., Parker, L., Duggan, J.E., Effect of cricoid pressure on the view at laryngoscopy. Anaesthesia 60 (2005), 41–47.
5. Ralph, S.J., Wareham, C.A., Rupture of the oesophagus during cricoid pressure. Anaesthesia 46 (1991), 40–41.
6. Smith, K.J., Dobranowski, J., Yip, G., Dauphin, A., Choi, P.T.-L., Cricoid pressure displaces the esophagus: an observational study using magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Soc Anesthesiol 99 (2003), 60–64.
7. Rice, M.J., Mancuso, A.A., Gibbs, C., Morey, T.E., Gravenstein, N., Deitte, L.A., Cricoid pressure results in compression of the postcricoid hypopharynx: the esophageal position is irrelevant. Anesth Analg 109 (2009), 1546–1552.