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From: Bedside gastrointestinal ultrasound combined with acute gastrointestinal injury score to guide enteral nutrition therapy in critically patients

Fig. 2

Scan and calculate the area of gastric antrum. Section of gastric antrum was taken by ultrasound, and then use Simpson 's integral method, trace along the edge of the gastric antrum, then utilizing ultrasonic data packet to scan and calculate the area of gastric antrum, we applied the following formula [6]: GRV (ml) = 27.0 + 14.6 × right-lateral CSA − 1.28 × age, to evaluate gastric volume

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BMC Anesthesiology

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