Cricoid pressure and the pressor response to tracheal intubation.
Forty healthy adults who underwent rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia were allocated randomly to receive either cricoid pressure or its stimulation. 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.
Mills
P
P
Department of Anaesthesia, City Hospital, Nottingham.
Poole
T
T
Curran
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007817:Laryngeal Cartilages; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D011312:Pressure; D013997:Time Factors