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Table 3 Clinical endpoints of the study population based on type of acidosis on admission

From: Acidemia does not affect outcomes of patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema treated with continuous positive airway pressure

Variable

Respiratory acidosis (n= 122)

Metabolic acidosis (n= 89)

Mixed acidosis (n= 66)

Controls (n= 88)

P value (chi-square test)

Clinical failure

12 (10)

11 (13)

4 (6.2)

8 (9.3)

0.613

   Change to bi-level

5 (4.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.018

   Change to intubation

1 (0.8)

2 (2.2)

2 (3.0)

0 (0)

0.341

   ACPE-related mortality

1 (0.8)

4 (4.5)

1 (1.5)

1 (1.1)

0.237

   Late mortality

8 (6.8)

7 (8)

2 (3.1)

7 (8.1)

0.595

   In-hospital mortality

9 (7.6) (CI, 4.1 to 14.1)

11 (12.6) (CI, 7.4 to 21.7)

3 (4.6) (CI, 1.6 to 13.1)

8 (9.3) (CI, 4.9 to 17.7)

0.351

Length of hospital stay (days)

11 ± 7

11 ± 9

10 ± 5

13 ± 22

0.582a

  1. Data presented as number (%) or mean ± standard deviation. ACPE: acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema; CI, 95% confidence interval. aOne-way analysis of variance.