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Effectiveness of cricoid pressure in preventing gastric aspiration during rapid sequence intubation in the emergency department: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Cricoid pressure is considered to be the gold standard means of preventing aspiration of gastric content during Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI). Its effectiveness has only been demonstrated in cadaveric studies and case reports. No randomised controlled trials comparing the incidence of...

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Autores principales: Trethewy, Christopher E, Burrows, Julie M, Clausen, Don, Doherty, Steven R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22336284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-13-17