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Table 6 Outcomes in patients receiving continuous positive pressure ventilation and/or noninvasive positive pressure ventilation compared to mechanical ventilation

From: Safety and efficacy of noninvasive ventilation in patients with blunt chest trauma: a systematic review

Study (design)

Duration of mechanical ventilation

Mortality

Length of stay in ICU/hospital

Nosocomial pneumonia

 

CPAP/NPPV

Mechanical

ventilation

CPAP/NPPV, n (%)

Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

CPAP/NPPV

Mechanical ventilation

CPAP/NPPV, n (%)

Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

Gunduz et al. (2005) (RCT)

15 ± 4 days

-

2/22 (9%)

7/21 (33%)

16 (3)

15 (4)

2/22 (9%)

10/21 (47%)

Bolliger and Van Eeden (1990) (RCT))

4.5 ± 2.3 days

7.3 ± 3.7 days

0/36 (0)

2/33 (6%)

5.3 ± 2.9 days

9.5 ± 4.4 days

5/36 (14%)

16/33 (49%)

Vidhani et al. (2001) (retrospective cohort)

-

-

0/12 (0)

14/28 (50%)

7 (3 to 26)

-

-

-

Linton et al. (1982) (retrospective cohort)

-

-

-

-

7 (3 to 21)

12 (7 to 120)

0

5/13 (38%)

  1. aCPAP: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; NPPV: Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation; RCT: randomized controlled trial. Data are reported as means ± standard deviation or medians with interquartile range for continuous variables and rates (%) for all other variables.