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@article{Pavitt:2017:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209540,
author = {Pavitt, MJ and Swanton, LL and Hind, M and Apps, M and Polkey, MI and Green, M and Hopkinson, NS},
doi = {10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209540},
journal = {THORAX},
pages = {576--578},
title = {Choking on a foreign body: a physiological study of the effectiveness of abdominal thrust manoeuvres to increase thoracic pressure},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209540},
volume = {72},
year = {2017}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - 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 were performed (upthrust vs circumferential) did not affect intrathoracic pressure. Self-administered abdominal thrusts produced similar pressures to those performed by another person. Chair thrusts, where the subject pushed their upper abdomen against a chair back, produced higher pressures than other manoeuvres. Both approaches should be included in basic life support teaching.
AU - Pavitt,MJ
AU - Swanton,LL
AU - Hind,M
AU - Apps,M
AU - Polkey,MI
AU - Green,M
AU - Hopkinson,NS
DO - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209540
EP - 578
PY - 2017///
SN - 0040-6376
SP - 576
TI - Choking on a foreign body: a physiological study of the effectiveness of abdominal thrust manoeuvres to increase thoracic pressure
T2 - THORAX
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209540
UR - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000401235800013&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/49325
VL - 72
ER -