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Table 1

From: Prospective evaluation of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) following lung resection

 

Conventional therapy (n = 23)

Noninvasive ventilation (n = 23)

P

Endotracheal intubation

11 (47.82%)

4 (17.39%)

0.0277

In hospital mortality

8 (34.7%)

2 (8.69%)

0.0275

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (no.)

3.72 ± 2.86

3.43 ± 4.24

0.1841

Length of stay in ICU (days)

14 ± 11.8

16.65 ± 23.59

0.5241

Length of stay in hospital (days)

22.82 ± 10.67

27.13 ± 19.52

0.6134

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