From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Routine point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) assessment of gastric antral content in traumatic emergency surgical patients for prevention of aspiration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