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Table 4 Change in aspiration risk after clinical assessment and gastric ultrasonography assessment

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Routine point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) assessment of gastric antral content in traumatic emergency surgical patients for prevention of aspiration pneumonitis: an observational clinical trial

 

After clinical assessment (N = 45)

After gastric ultrasonographic assessment (N = 45)

P-value

High risk of aspiration

25 (55.5%)

35 (77.7%)

0.0445*

Low risk of aspiration

20 (44.4%)

10 (22.2%)

0.0444*

  1. All data were presented as percentages
  2. N Number
  3. * P-value < 0.05 = significant
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BMC Anesthesiology

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