Table 4.
Treatment approach | Pandemic (2020) | Previous year (2019) | p | ||
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n | % | n | % | ||
Oxygen treatment | 72 | 49.3 | 444 | 75.6 | <0.001 |
Nebulizer | 32 | 21.9 | 261 | 44.5 | <0.001 |
NIMV | 16 | 11.0 | 95 | 16.2 | 0.115 |
IMV | 15 | 10.3 | 44 | 7.5 | 0.269 |
NIMV: noninvasive mechanical ventilation; IMV: invasive mechanical ventilation