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Crisis management: Crisis management during anaesthesia: regurgitation, vomiting, and aspiration
  • M T Kluger,
  • T Visvanathan,
  • J A Myburgh,
  • R N Westhorpe
Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14:e4 doi:10.1136/qshc.2002.004259

  1. Cricoid pressure and vomiting

    Dear Editor,

    I congratulate the authors on this excellent series.

    Some authors (for example[1,2]), regard active vomiting as a contraindication to cricoid pressure because of reported cases of oesaphageal rupture, and cadaveric experiments. This current paper, however, makes no mention of vomiting as a contraindication.

    I would appreciate knowing whether authors reject this contrandication and believe the benefits of cricoid pressure outweigh the risks.

    Regards,

    Erich Schulz

    References

    1. Landsman I. "Cricoid pressure: indications and complications." Paediatr Anaesth. 2004 Jan;14(1):43-7.

    2. Allman KG, Wilson IH. "Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia", OUP, 2001, p846.

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    Published 13 December 2005
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