Brian Arthur Sellick Explained
| Brian Arthur Sellick |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Surrey, United Kingdom. |
| Death Place: | London, United Kingdom. |
| Field: | anaesthetist |
Brian Arthur Sellick (1918–1996)[1] [2] was a British anaesthetist.[3] He was known for cricoid pressure, he described in 1961.[4] This manoeuvre is named after him.
Sellick worked as an anaesthetist at Middlesex Hospital. There he demonstrated the efficacy of his invention using a cadaver with full stomach placed in the Trendelenburg position.[3]
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Notes and References
- http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2975.html Biography of Brian Arthur Sellick
- 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb15086.x . 51 . 12 . Brian Arthur Sellick MB, BS, FRCA, FFARCS, DA 13 June 1918 to 13 July 1996 . 1996 . Anaesthesia . 1194–1195 . Pallister . W.K.. free .
- Web site: Brian Arthur Sellick - History of surgery . 2015-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022532/http://www.historyofsurgery.co.uk/Web%20Pages/0478.htm . 2015-11-17 . dead.
- L. Páez. Jairo. John. V. Navarro. Ricardo. J.. 2010-10-01. Controversial issue of cricoid pressure or Sellick maneuver. Revista Colombiana de Anestesiología. 38. 3. 377–383. 0120-3347. 10.1016/S0120-3347(10)83009-6. free.
