Choking on a foreign body: a physiological study of the effectiveness of abdominal thrust manoeuvres to increase thoracic pressure

The Heimlich manoeuvre is a well-known intervention for the management of choking due to foreign body airway occlusion, but the evidence base for guidance on this topic is limited and guidelines differ. We measured pressures during abdominal thrusts in healthy volunteers. The angle at which thrusts...

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Autores principales: Pavitt, Matthew J, Swanton, Laura L, Hind, Matthew, Apps, Michael, Polkey, Michael I, Green, Malcolm, Hopkinson, Nicholas S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5520267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28404809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209540

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5520267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28404809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209540

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