Table 3.

Increase in respiratory function parameters, with respect to the first day of follow-up, in patients treated with glucocorticoids and paired controls.

	Glucocorticoids	Control	p
Saturation increment
48 h	0.20 (n = 25)	0.65 (n = 25)	0.507
72 h	0.67 (n = 21)	0.46 (n = 21)	0.813
96 h	0.64 (n = 20)	0.52 (n = 20)	0.904
FiO2 increment
48 h	3.67 (n = 25)	−2.87 (n = 25)	0.149
72 h	2.65 (n = 24)	−0.98 (n = 21)	0.587
96 h	2.90 (n = 20)	−2.98 (n = 20)	0.403
SF increment
48 h	−0.04 (n = 25)	0.37 (n = 25)	0.095
72 h	0.01 (n = 20)	0.28 (n = 21)	0.351
96 h	0.13 (n = 20)	0.43 (n = 17)	0.359

FiO₂: inspired fraction of oxygen; SF: saturation/inspired fraction of Oxygen.