Incidence of regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents in survivors from out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest

Abstract

Although there was a strong association between clinical regurgitation and radiological findings consistent with aspiration, our data suggest that regurgitation is not invariably followed by radiological findings compatible with aspiration. Radiological findings consistent with aspiration are relatively infrequent without preceding signs of regurgitation in resuscitated patients.