Effectiveness and risks of cricoid pressure during rapid sequence intubation

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Algie, Catherine M ^a   Mahar, Robert K ^b,c   Mahar, Patrick D ^d   Tan, Hannah B ^e   Ariyasinghe, Chamath P ^e   Wasiak, Jason ^f  

^a WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPSIN A;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85041699366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011656     Document Type: Article

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