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Box plots of serial serum procalcitonin levels on day 1 and day 3 post admission in survivors and nonsurvivors of pulmonary aspiration (p=0.001 for survivors and p=0.04 for nonsurvivors). The box represents the values from the lower to the upper quartile. The middle line represents the median. The open circles indicate outlier values.
