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. 2020 Jun 22;8:41. doi: 10.1186/s40560-020-00458-z

Table 5.

Prediction of HFNC success based on ROX and ROX-HR cut offs at different time points

Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPV (%) NPV (%) LR+ LR−
A. Prediction of HFNC success for patients initiated on HFNC for acute respiratory failure
2-h ROX-HR > 6.80 55.56 74.41 73.17 57.14 2.17 0.60
2-h ROX > 5.80 61.11 67.44 70.21 58.00 1.87 0.58
6-h ROX-HR > 6.80 70.00 57.14 70.00 57.14 1.63 0.53
6-h ROX > 5.80 74.00 57.14 71.15 60.60 1.73 0.46
10-h ROX-HR > 6.80 78.26 58.62 75.00 62.96 1.89 0.37
10-h ROX > 5.80 78.26 58.62 75.00 62.96 1.89 0.37
18-h ROX-HR > 6.80 80.00 55.00 78.05 57.89 1.78 0.36
18-h ROX > 5.80 87.50 35.00 72.92 58.33 1.35 0.36
24-h ROX-HR > 6.80 81.82 64.29 84.39 60.00 2.29 0.28
24-h ROX > 5.80 84.85 57.14 82.35 61.54 1.98 0.27
B. Prediction of HFNC success for patients initiated on HFNC after a planned extubation
2-h ROX-HR > 8.00 82.10 40.00 71.90 54.50 1.37 0.45
2-h ROX > 7.00 78.60 40.00 71.00 50.00 1.31 0.54
6-h ROX-HR > 8.00 74.10 63.60 83.30 50.00 2.04 0.41
6-h ROX > 7.00 74.10 54.50 80.00 46.20 1.63 0.48
10-h ROX-HR > 8.00 84.60 63.60 84.60 63.60 2.32 0.24
10-h ROX > 7.00 84.60 54.50 81.50 60.00 1.86 0.28
18-h ROX-HR > 8.00 82.60 30.00 73.10 42.90 1.18 0.58
18-h ROX > 7.00 78.30 40.00 75.00 44.40 1.31 0.54
24-h ROX-HR > 8.00 66.70 66.70 82.40 46.20 2.00 0.50
24-h ROX > 7.00 71.40 77.80 88.20 53.80 3.22 0.37

HFNC high flow nasal cannula therapy, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, LR likelihood ratio