TABLE 2.
Variables | Before intervention | 15 minutes | 30 minutes | 60 minutes | 120 minute | |||||
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Intravenous | Nebulized | Intravenous | Nebulized | Intravenous | Nebulized | Intravenous | Nebulized | Intravenous | Nebulized | |
Mean arterial blood oxygen (mm Hg) | 89.85 ± 4.12 | 90.3 ± 4.29 | 91.25 ± 3.46 | 91.35 ± 3.87 | 92.3 ± 3.20 | 92.6 ± 2.40 | 94.1 ± 1.72 | 95.05 ± 1.13 | 96.4 ± 1.33 | 95.8 ± 0.60 |
P‐Value | .634 | .903 | .637 | .005 | .012 | |||||
Mean number of breaths per minute | 30.7 ± 3.63 | 30.2 ± 6.07 | 29.45 ± 3.99 | 26.9 ± 5.30 | 27.2 ± 3.70 | 25.75 ± 4.84 | 24.35 ± 2.66 | 21.3 ± 2.95 | 20.55 ± 2.89 | 17.2 ± 1.48 |
P‐Value | .656 | .017 | .137 | <.000 | <.000 | |||||
Mean severity of dyspnea | 2.55 ± 0.50 | 2.45 ± 0.74 | 2.5 ± 0.59 | 2.45 ± 0.74 | 1.9 ± 0.84 | 1.75 ± 0.70 | 1.1 ± 0.63 | 1 ± 0.55 | 0.36 ± 0.48 | 0.35 ± 0.48 |
P‐Value | .486 | .743 | .391 | .454 | .868 | |||||
Mean severity of sweating | 1.75 ± 0.63 | 1.55 ± 0.67 | 1.45 ± 0.87 | 1.05 ± 0.98 | 0.7 ± 0.64 | 0.55 ± 0.67 | 0.25 ± 0.43 | 0.1 ± 0.30 | 0 | 0 |
P‐Value | .176 | .059 | .315 | .08 | ‐ | |||||
Mean severity of crackles | 2.2 ± 0.68 | 2.25 ± 0.43 | 2.2 ± 0.68 | 2.25 ± 0.43 | 2 ± 0.55 | 1.95 ± 0.50 | 1.3 ± 0.85 | 1.25 ± 0.43 | 0.95 ± 0.81 | 0.85 ± 0.36 |
P‐Value | .699 | .699 | .674 | .743 | .481 | |||||
Mean heart rate (bpm) | 97.45 ± 11.41 | 93.5 ± 19.46 | 97.8 ± 9.17 | 91.9 ± 16.28 | 93.45 ± 8.11 | 89.7 ± 15.07 | 87.8 ± 6.36 | 84.2 ± 12.64 | 84.85 ± 3.93 | 83.8 ± 10.79 |
P‐Value | .272 | .049 | .17 | .113 | .566 | |||||
Mean systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 158.05 ± 30.18 | 144.55 ± 28.89 | 155.6 ± 26.39 | 144 ± 24.56 | 151.05 ± 23.21 | 139.6 ± 22.53 | 142.3 ± 17.84 | 135.5 ± 22.38 | 135.35 ± 21.47 | 131.95 ± 22.04 |
P‐Value | .044 | .045 | .028 | .137 | .487 | |||||
Mean diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 94.15 ± 12.99 | 97.15 ± 18.20 | 91.55 ± 14.94 | 90.85 ± 24.05 | 91.55 ± 11.17 | 92.2 ± 21.10 | 86.85 ± 9.89 | 85.6 ± 18.65 | 83.2 ± 9.86 | 80.75 ± 15.61 |
P‐Value | .399 | .876 | .864 | .71 | .404 |