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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2004;28(2):79–84. doi: 10.1177/014860710402800279

Table I.

Incidence of pepsin in tracheal secretions from the experimental and control animals

Tracheal secretions positive for pepsin Tracheal secretions negative for pepsin
2-hour
Experimental animals 155/160 (96.9%) 5/160 (3.1%)
Control animals 0/17 (0.0%) 17/17 (100.0%)
4-hour
Experimental animals 150/161 (93.2%) 11/161 (6.8%)
Control animals 0/19 (0.0%) 19/19 (100.0%)
6-hour
Experimental animals 149/158 (94.3%) 9/158 (5.7%)
Control animals 0/20 (0.0%) 20/20 (100.0%)