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\u00a9 2015 The Authors. Anaesthesia published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Guidelines are presented for the organisational and clinical peri-operative management of anaesthesia and surgery for patients who are obese, along with a summary of the problems that obesity may cause peri-operatively. The advice presented is based on previously published advice, clinical studies and expert opinion.
\n \n\n \n \n\u00a9 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Cricoid pressure (CP) was introduced into anaesthetic practice in the 1960s and has become the standard of care for patients at risk of aspiration during induction. However, the evidence supporting the widespread use of CP to prevent aspiration remains unconvincing. Equally, there is no robust evidence to suggest that CP causes harm, and as such, CP has become an established technique because of a mixture of anecdotal evidence and expert opinion. The future of CP lies in the answer to the question as to whether it is actually effective in preventing regurgitation or whether it is an unnecessary hazard.
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