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==Controversy== Since the introduction of RSI, there has been controversy regarding virtually every aspect of this technique, including:<ref name=Elorbany2010>{{cite journal | vauthors = El-Orbany M, Connolly LA | title = Rapid sequence induction and intubation: current controversy | journal = Anesthesia and Analgesia | volume = 110 | issue = 5 | pages = 1318β1325 | date = May 2010 | pmid = 20237045 | doi = 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181d5ae47 | s2cid = 8613471 | doi-access = free }}</ref> * choice of intravenous hypnotic agents as well as their dosage and timing of administration * dosage and timing of administration of neuromuscular blocking agents * avoidance of manual ventilation before tracheal intubation * optimal position and whether the head-up, head-down, or horizontal supine position is the safest for induction of anesthesia in full-stomach patients * application of [[cricoid pressure]], which is also referred to as the [[Brian Arthur Sellick|Sellick]] maneuver.
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