BURP maneuver

The BURP maneuver ( backward, upward and rightward pressure ) is a handle that improves the view of the vocal folds ( glottis ) in difficult endotracheal intubation and facilitates or even enables the insertion of the tube . Here, a back, top and right-directed pressure on the thyroid cartilage of the larynx ( larynx applied), in contrast to the Sellick handle , of the cricoid cartilage relates.

The method was introduced in 1993 by the Canadian Knill .

literature

• RL Knill: Difficult laryngoscopy made easy with a "BURP". In: Can J Anaesth. 40 (3), 1993 Mar, pp. 279-282. PMID 8467551
• O. Takahata, M. Kubota, K. Mamiya, Y. Akama, T. Nozaka, H. Matsumoto, H. Ogawa: The efficacy of the "BURP" maneuver during a difficult laryngoscopy. In: Anesth Analg. 84 (2), 1997 Feb, pp. 419-421. PMID 9024040

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