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. 2017 Sep 15;17:125. doi: 10.1186/s12890-017-0469-4

Table 2.

Comparison between patients with success of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation and patients with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation failure

Failure NIPPV
(N = 21)
Successful NIPPV (N = 59) P
Sedoanalgesiab 6(29%) 35(59%) 0.015
Agec, years 65.00(53.00–78.00) 74.00(60.00–82.00) 0.148
Maleb 11 (52%) 44 (75%) 0.098
APACHEII at ICU admissiona 18.57 ± 5.31 18.61 ± 7.14 0.982
APACHEII before extubationa 10.86 ± 4.78 10.76 ± 4.58 0.936
NIPPV before mechanical ventilationb 7(33%) 15(25%) 0.486
Diagnosis
Pneumoniab 13(62%) 36(61%) 0.943
AECOPDb 6(29%) 19(32%) 0.758
Otherb 2(10%) 4(7%) 0.682
Interface 0.426
 Oral-nasal maskb 18(86%) 54(92%)
 Nasal maskb 3(14%) 5(8%)
Before extubation
 OIa 255.23 ± 61.49 241.54 ± 74.89 0.455
 pHa 7.44 ± 0.02 7.43 ± 0.04 0.365
 PaCO2 a, mmHg 46.54 ± 11.03 49.75 ± 10.82 0.249
 Body temperaturea 36.80 ± 0.45 36.83 ± 0.48 0.874
 SBPa, mmHg 137.29 ± 19.73 139.17 ± 21.10 0.722
 DBPa, mmHg 71.81 ± 11.66 74.75 ± 11.97 0.334
 RRa, bpm 21.43 ± 5.56 21.63 ± 5.60 0.889
 HRa, bpm 103.10 ± 15.39 103.68 ± 17.37 0.892
Arterial blood gases half an hour after NIPPV initiated
 OIa 210.00 ± 62.18 259.80 ± 273.49 0.413
 pHa 7.42 ± 0.06 7.44 ± 0.04 0.101
 PaCO2 a, mmHg 51.22 ± 13.61 50.27 ± 12.43 0.768
 IPAPmaxa, cmH2O, 12.81 ± 2.56 12.90 ± 2.40 0.887
 EPAPmaxa, cmH2O, 5.71 ± 1.27 5.42 ± 0.97 0.281
RASS 0.294
 -2 to 0 pointb 3(14%) 15(22%)
 1 to 2 pointb 18(86%) 44(78%)

AECOPD acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, APACHE II The Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation, DBP diastolic blood pressure, EPAP expiratory positive airway pressure, HR heart rate, ICU LOS length APACHE II The Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation, DBP diastolic blood pressure, EPAP expiratory positive airway pressure, HR heart rate, ICU LOS length of intensive care unit stay, IPAP inspiratory positive airway pressure, IQR interquartile range, OI oxygenation index, RASS Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale, RR respiratory rate, SBP systolic blood pressure, SD standard deviation

aResults are expressed as mean ± SD

bResults are expressed as n(%)

cResults are expressed as median (IQR)