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Fig. 4

From: Prediction of postoperative nausea and vomiting by point-of-care gastric ultrasound: can we improve complications and length of stay in emergency surgery? A cohort study

Fig. 4

Flowchart for prediction of aspiration risk based on type of gastric content and calculation of gastric volume. This model was applied on this study population in order to assess its feasibility for the purpose of predicting adverse postoperative outcomes in the urgent surgical setting. This algorithm allowed to sort patients out as being at low risk or high risk

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BMC Anesthesiology

ISSN: 1471-2253

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