Carrillo-Esper R, Vinay-Ramírez B, Bahena A

Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 63-65
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ABSTRACT

Airway management is often one of the greatest challenges for the anesthesiologist. There are various clinic procedures to revert this problem. The BURP maneuver was describe by Knill in 1993 and consist in the backward, upward and rightward pressure of larynx. It improves the visualization of the larynx structures and the intubation.

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