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Table 3 Failure of noninvasive mechanical ventilation

From: Ventilatory support in critically ill hematology patients with respiratory failure

 

Univariate comparison

Logistic regression

 

NIV success

n= 52

NIV failure

n= 79

Pvalue

(univariate)

OR

95% confidence interval

Pvalue

Age, years (SD)

58.1 (12.1)

50.4 (18.1)

0.004

0.958

0.932-0.985

0.002

Women (%)

22 (42)

23 (29)

0.13

   

APACHE II (SD)

22.3 (6.3)

23.7 (8.5)

0.37

   

Main diagnosis (%)

  

0.07

   

   Acute leukemia

25 (48)

28 (35.4)

 

0.606

0.133-2.753

0.52

   Chronic leukemia

4 (7.6)

14 (17.7)

 

3.482

0.531-22.834

0.19

   Hodgkin lymphoma

2 (3.8)

6 (7.6)

 

2.495

0.241-25.835

0.44

   Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

10 (19.2)

22 (27.8)

 

1.451

0.291-7.237

0.65

   Multiple myeloma

6 (11.5)

2 (2.5)

 

0.245

0.028-2.170

0.21

   Myelodysplastic syndrome

1 (1.9)

0 (0)

    

   Other

0 (0)

1 (1.3)

    

HSCT (%)

  

0.60

   

   No

39 (75)

62 (78.5)

    

   Autologous

8 (15.4)

13 (16.4)

    

   Allogeneic

5 (9.6)

4 (5.1)

    

Neutropenia (%)

24 (42)

33 (58)

0.54

   

Diagnosis on ICU admission (%)

      

   Shock

12 (23)

13 (16.5)

0.37

   

   Infection (other than pneumonia)

33 (63)

56 (70.9)

0.44

   

   Pneumonia

20 (50)

38 (63.3)

0.28

   

   Other causes of respiratory failure

12 (30.7)

26 (22.8)

0.22

   

   Congestive heart failure

10 (19.2)

4 (5.1)

0.02

0.162

0.034-0.780

0.02

   Coma

1 (1.9)

0 (0)

    

   Other

3 (5.8)

8 (10.1)

0.38

   

Bacteremia on admission (%)

22 (42.3)

19 (24.1)

0.03

0.422

0.179-0.997

0.05

  1. Univariate comparisons between patients with NIMV success and NIMV failure, and results of the logistic regression analysis. Values are given as number (%) or mean (SD).