A 32-year-old woman with a full stomach (ate 2 hours ago) presents for emergency cesarean section under general anesthesia. Which feature best distinguishes the use of cricoid pressure (Sellick maneuver) from positive pressure ventilation in preventing aspiration during rapid sequence induction?

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