Cricoid Pressure Controversies: Narrative Review. Issue 5 (October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Salem, M. R.; Khorasani, A.; Zeidan, A.; Crystal, G. J.
• Is Part Of: Survey of anesthesiology. Volume 61:Issue 5/6(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-10
• Subjects: Anesthesiology -- Periodicals; 617.96
• DOI: 10.1097/01.sa.0000527517.46267.0b
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0039-6206

Abstract

Abstract : (Abstracted from Anesthesiology, 126(4):738–752, 2017) This narrative review summarizes and addresses the effectiveness, controversies, and potential complications associated with the use of cricoid pressure (CP) in clinical practice. B. A. Sellick, who devised this maneuver in 1961, demonstrated that firm CP on a cadaver prevented stomach contents being regurgitated to the pharynx even with prior stomach distension (with water) and maintaining the steep Trendelenburg tilt.