A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial Assessing the Effect of Cricoid Pressure on Risk of Aspiration

Conclusions: Utilizing pepsin A as a biomarker of aspiration, this pilot clinical trial did not find evidence for a reduced rate of aspiration or adverse clinical events with the administration of cricoid pressure during elective endotracheal intubation of patients with risk factors for microaspiration. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Source: The Clinical Respiratory Journal - April 30, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: J. Kyle Bohman, Rahul Kashyap, Augustine Lee, Zhaoping He, Sam Soundar, Laura L. Bolling, Daryl J. Kor Tags: Original Article Source Type: research