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Table 4 Discordant pairs of newly detected atelectasis and pleural effusion for lung ultrasound and chest X-ray when concomitantly performed (n = 54) between days 0 and 4 in 98 patients after abdominal surgery

From: Routine lung ultrasound to detect postoperative pulmonary complications following major abdominal surgery: a prospective observational feasibility study

Atelectasis

LUS

Pleural Effusion

LUS

No

Yes

Total

No

Yes

Total

CRX

CRX

 No

10

17

27

 No

15

15

30

 Yes

6

11

17

 Yes

14

10

24

Total

16

28

54

Total

29

25

54