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. 2022 Nov 11;101(45):e29895. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000029895

Table 8.

The comparison of oxygen therapy in hospital between PE and non-PE patients with COVID-19.

Treatment Sample size Pooled results Analytic effect model
Estimate 95% CI P value
Maximum FiO2 1270 MD –0.27 –0.89, 0.34 0.39 Random-effect model
HFNC 118 OR 0.50 0.20, 1.23 0.13 Fixed effect model
NMV 1501 OR 0.87 0.48, 1.58 0.66 Random-effect model
IMV 1771 OR 3.58 2.47, 5.20 <0.0001 Random-effect model
MV 3272 OR 2.21 1.30, 3.75 0.003 Random-effect model

COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019, HFNC = high-flow nasal cannula, IMV = invasive mechanical ventilation, MD = mean difference, MV = Mechanical ventilation, NMV = noninvasive mechanical ventilation, OR = odds ratio, PE = pulmonary embolism.