Cricoid Pressure: Do No Harm, But Do It Correctly

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, arjangkh@yahoo.com.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

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Arjang Khorasani et al. Anesth Analg. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 1;132(2):e20-e21.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004523.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, arjangkh@yahoo.com.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

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Zdravkovic M, Rice MJ, Brull SJ. Zdravkovic M, et al. Anesth Analg. 2021 Feb 1;132(2):e21-e22. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004524. Anesth Analg. 2021. PMID: 31702697 No abstract available.

The Clinical Use of Cricoid Pressure: First, Do No Harm.
Zdravkovic M, Rice MJ, Brull SJ. Zdravkovic M, et al. Anesth Analg. 2021 Jan;132(1):261-267. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004360. Anesth Analg. 2021. PMID: 31397697 Review.

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