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Table 3 Total gastric content, air volume and injury severity score in patients with or without signs of aspiration

From: Computer tomographic assessment of gastric volume in major trauma patients: impact of pre-hospital airway management on gastric air

 

Aspiration

median (range)

No Aspiration

median (range)

p-value

Total gastric volume mL

366 (26–2030)

424 (56–2402)

0.71

Air volume mL

194 (0–1355)

98 (1–1902)

0.08

ISS

38 (7–75)

29 (9–75)

0.03