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Cricoid pressure and the pressor response to tracheal intubation
Author(s) -
Mills P.,
Poole T.,
Curran J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb05760.x
Subject(s) - cricoid pressure , medicine , intubation , laryngoscopy , tracheal intubation , rapid sequence induction , anesthesia , pressor response , blood pressure , heart rate
Summary Forty healthy adults who underwent rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia were allocated randomly to receive either cricoid pressure or its simulation. The anticipated increase in systolic arterial pressure and heart rate after laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation were not altered significantly by the application of cricoid pressure.