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Cricoid pressure revisited

R K Mirakhur
Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia | Vol 17, No 1 | a535 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22201173.2011.10872747 | © 2011 R K Mirakhur | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 03 November 2025 | Published: 01 January 2011

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R K Mirakhur,, South Africa

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Application of cricoid pressure has been considered an important part of rapid sequence induction (RSI) of anaesthesia and is standard textbook teaching.1 The aim is to prevent regurgitation of gastric contents into the oesophagus and their aspiration into the respiratory tract. Application of cricoid pressure is supposed to compress the oesophagus between the cricoid cartilage and the vertebral body. An effective cricoid pressure is in the range of 30-40 N.2

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